LASERS: Modeling of a 10-liter electric-discharge XeCl laser

Abstract

Theoretical models developed independently by groups in Russia and Italy were used to describe the operation of a 10-liter electric-discharge XeCl laser. The calculations gave similar results for an HCl pressure of 1.5 Torr, but diverged strongly at low (0.5 Torr) and high (4 Torr) HCl pressures. The reasons for this discrepancy were determined. It was found that homogeneous models cannot describe the experimental data satisfactorily.