Discharge instabilities in high-pressure helium-fluorine laser gas mixtures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5777, Issue PART II, 2005, Pages 589-592

  Mathew, D ^a   Bastiaens, H M J ^a   Peters, P J M ^a   Boiler, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

F2 laser; Filamentation; High pressure glow discharge; Hot spots

Indexed keywords

EXCIMER LASERS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORINE; GAIN CONTROL; GLOW DISCHARGES; HELIUM; IONIZATION; LASER PULSES; MIXTURES; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

DISCHARGE INSTABILITIES; F2 LASER; FILAMENTATION; HIGH PRESSURE GLOW DISCHARGES; HIGH-PRESSURE HELIUM-FLUORINE LASER GAS MIXTURES; HOT SPOTS;

GAS LASERS;

EID: 26444535227     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.611137     Document Type: Conference Paper

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