Studies of Tunable and Multiwavelength Excimer Lasers

该项目支持电激发准分子激光器的研究，特别是那些波长可调的准分子激光器。这些激光器被发现在越来越多的不同领域中有用，如光通信、电子材料的材料加工、各种类型的激光光谱、遥感和医疗仪器。PIS以前在准分子激光方面的工作得到了美国国家科学基金会资助的ECS-8116646的支持。这一方案的主要研究目标是：研究高功率宽带准分子激光器的波长调谐技术；演示在同一激活介质中电激发的XeF B X和C A准分子跃迁的高效同时紫外/可见光激光振荡；以及研究宽带和多波长准分子激光器高效放电激发的可行性。

This project supports research on electrically excited excimer lasers, particularly those that are wavelength tunable. These lasers are found to be useful in an increasing number of diverse areas such as optical communications, materials processing of electronic materials, various types of laser spectroscopy, remote sensing, and medical instrumentation. Previous work by the PIs on excimer laser was supported under NSF grant ECS-8116646. The main research objectives of this proposal are: the study of wavelength tuning techniques of high power, broadband excimer lasers; demonstration of efficient simultaneous UV/visible laser oscillation on the XeF B X and C A excimer transition electrically excited in the same active medium; and investigation of the feasibility of efficient discharge excitation of broadband and multiwavelength excimer lasers.