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Ultranarrow linewidth, magnetically switched, long pulse, xenon chloride laserA spectral linewidth of less than 70 fm and diffraction-limited beam divergence have been obtained from a long-pulse, electric-discharge xenon chloride laser with intracavity Fabry-Perot etalons. A gain duration of 100 ns provided for multipass operation of the etalons, significantly improving both contrast and finesse. The electrical-discharge circuit required to produce this long gain duration was comprised of a pulse-forming network, a saturable-inductor magnetic switch, and a tapered constant-impedance interface transmission line.
Document ID
19840044779
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Pacala, T. J.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Mcdermid, I. S.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Laudenslager, J. B.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Molecular Physics and Chemistry Section, Pasadena CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Applied Physics Letters
Volume: 44
ISSN: 0003-6951
Subject Category
Lasers And Masers
Accession Number
84A27566
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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