Numerical simulation of excimer lasers with unstable resonators
- Resource Type
- Periodical
- Authors
- Fang, H.; Perrone, M.R.
- Source
- IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics IEEE J. Quantum Electron. Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of. 30(10):2369-2375 Oct, 1994
- Subject
- Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
Numerical simulation
Laser modes
Laser excitation
Steady-state
Boltzmann equation
Electrons
Kinetic theory
Plasma simulation
Circuits
Optical propagation
- Language
- ISSN
- 0018-9197
1558-1713
A numerical code has been developed to model UV-preionized, discharge excited XeCl laser equipped with unstable resonators. The code includes a steady-state Boltzmann equation for the electron kinetics, rate equations for the plasma species and for the discharge circuit, and a one-dimensional laser propagation-amplification equation depending on the applied unstable cavity. The accordance between numerical and experimental data referring to a XeCl laser fitted with a super-Gaussian unstable resonator is satisfactory.ETX