УДК: 621.327.9; 535.33; 535.37

Excilamps based on xenon dimers excited by a barrier discharge

Lomaev M.I., Rybka D.V., Sorokin, D.A., Tarasenko V.F.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Ломаев М.И., Рыбка Д.В., Сорокин Д.А., Тарасенко В.Ф. Эксилампы на инертных газах и их смесях с возбуждением объемным разрядом, инициируемым пучком убегающих электронов // Оптический журнал. 2012. Т. 79. № 8. С. 70–75.

Lomaev M. I., Skakun V. S., Tarasenko V. F., Shitts D. V. Excilamps based on xenon dimers excited by a barrier discharge [in English] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2012. V. 79. № 8. P. 70–75.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

M. I. Lomaev, V. S. Skakun, V. F. Tarasenko, and D. V. Shitts, "Excilamps based on xenon dimers excited by a barrier discharge," Journal of Optical Technology. 79(8), 498-502 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.79.000498

Abstract:

This paper presents experimental studies of excilamps based on xenon dimers excited by a barrier discharge. Their characteristics in the natural-cooling and forced-cooling regime are investigated. It is established that the limitation of the power density of the radiation at high excitation powers is associated with the cooling efficiency of the excilamp radiator. It is shown that the radiation power density of sealed excilamps based on xenon dimers can reach 100 mW/cm<sup>2</sup> in the quasi-steady-state regime. A circuit for an excilamp-excitation source and for the design of the excilamps is presented, along with a technique for calculating the excitation energy and power of barrier-discharge excilamps.

Keywords:

vacuum ultraviolet radiation, dimer, exilampa, volumetric (diffuse) discharge

OCIS codes: 260.7210, 230.6080, 350.5610

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