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预脉冲对毛细管放电极紫外laser的影响

The effects of the pre-pulse on capillary discharge extreme ultraviolet laser

M. Shuker, A. Ben-kish, R. A. Nemirovsky, A. Fisher, A. Ron

摘要:

在过去的几年中,利用毛细管放电的碰撞泵浦极紫外(XUV)激光器被证明。强电流脉冲施加到充满气体的毛细管,诱导磁塌陷(Z箍缩)和高度电离的等离子体柱的形成。通常,将小电流脉冲(预脉冲)施加到气体,以便在主电流脉冲开始之前对其进行预处理。本文研究了预脉冲对毛细管放电类氖氩极紫外激光器(46.9nm)的影响。的预脉冲在实现合适的初始条件的气柱和防止不稳定性崩溃过程中的重要性被证明。此外,在不同的预脉冲电流的放大自发发射(ASE)的性质(强度,持续时间)的测量揭示了意想不到的灵敏度。将预脉冲电流增加两倍会导致ASE强度降低一个数量级-几乎消失。这种效应伴随着激光持续时间的轻微增加。我们将这种效应归因于预脉冲期间气体中的轴向流动。

英文摘要:

In the past few years collisionally pumped extreme ultraviolet (XUV) lasers utilizing a capillary discharge were demonstrated. An intense current pulse is applied to a gas filled capillary, inducing magnetic collapse (Z-pinch) and formation of a highly ionized plasma column. Usually, a small current pulse (pre-pulse) is applied to the gas in order to pre-ionize it prior to the onset of the main current pulse. In this paper we investigate the effects of the pre-pulse on a capillary discharge Ne-like Ar XUV laser (46.9nm). The importance of the pre-pulse in achieving suitable initial conditions of the gas column and preventing instabilities during the collapse is demonstrated. Furthermore, measurements of the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) properties (intensity, duration) in different pre-pulse currents revealed unexpected sensitivity. Increasing the pre-pulse current by a factor of two caused the ASE intensity to decrease by an order of magnitude - and to nearly disappear. This effect is accompanied by a slight increase in the lasing duration. We attribute this effect to axial flow in the gas during the pre-pulse.

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