TY - JOUR
T1 - Kinetic model for self-sustained discharge xecl lasers
AU - Maeda, Mitsuo
AU - Takahashi, Akihiko
AU - Mizunami, Toru
AU - Miyazoe, Yasushi
PY - 1982/8
Y1 - 1982/8
N2 - A simulation code including the Boltzmann equation which describes the kinetics of the self-sustained discharge XeCl laser is developed. The performances of four different gas mixtures, HCl/Xe/Ne, HCl/Xe/He, F2/Kr/Ne and F2/Kr/He are compared under the same conditions, and the buffer gas effect is discussed in detail. The HCl/Xe/Ne system shows the best performance. With the Ne buffer gas, the elastic collision loss is remarkably small, whereas the electric circuit loss is large owing to the low discharge resistance. The results on the variation of the input energy and total pressure are qualitatively consistent with the experimental results. Useful knowledge on the design of efficient XeCl lasers is obtained.
AB - A simulation code including the Boltzmann equation which describes the kinetics of the self-sustained discharge XeCl laser is developed. The performances of four different gas mixtures, HCl/Xe/Ne, HCl/Xe/He, F2/Kr/Ne and F2/Kr/He are compared under the same conditions, and the buffer gas effect is discussed in detail. The HCl/Xe/Ne system shows the best performance. With the Ne buffer gas, the elastic collision loss is remarkably small, whereas the electric circuit loss is large owing to the low discharge resistance. The results on the variation of the input energy and total pressure are qualitatively consistent with the experimental results. Useful knowledge on the design of efficient XeCl lasers is obtained.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0020166138&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0020166138&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1143/JJAP.21.1161
DO - 10.1143/JJAP.21.1161
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0020166138
VL - 21
SP - 1161
EP - 1169
JO - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
JF - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
SN - 0021-4922
IS - 8R
ER -