Large-aperture 15-J unswitched electric-discharge XeCl laser with an output energy 15 J

Abstract

An electric-discharge x-ray preionized XeCl laser operating in an unswitched regime was developed and the dependence of its output characteristics on the pump power was investigated. An output energy per pulse of 15 J was obtained with an efficiency of 2.4% from a 4.3-liter active volume.