Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 60, Issue 19, 1900006(2023)

Discharge-Pumped Excimer Laser Technologies and Applications

Xu Liang1、*, Qihui Shen1,2, Jingzhen Shao1, and Ying Lin1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui , China
  • 2University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui ,China
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    Figures & Tables(21)
    Diagram of emission bandwidth and photon energy of excimer laser[4]
    Layout of high power excimer laser target experiment platform[19]
    A series of excimer laser products of Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. (a) FBG 200 excimer laser; (b) PLD 20 excimer laser
    Typical excimer potential energy curves[20,34]
    Structure diagram of excimer laser excited by discharge [4]
    CC energy transfer circuit based on thyratron
    Diagram of all solid state excitation circuit
    Gas discharge chamber indication[34]
    Different electric field cloud images of the same electrode structure[51]. (a) Compact Chang’s surface electrode; (b) compact Chang’s surface electrode with preionization plate
    Commonly used preionization structure indication. (a) Corona preionization[55]; (b) bare spark pre-ionization[56]; (c) surface creepage preionization[57]
    Flow field simulation in discharge chamber[60]. (a) Cloud map of velocity of gas inside chamber; (b) vector graph of gas flow velocity between electrodes
    Typical excimer laser beam distribution
    Positively supported unstable cavity in standard mode[4]
    TWINSCAN NXT: 2050i, ASML, Netherlands[75]
    Diagram of MOPA excimer laser system[76]
    Coherent's two-cavity synchronous combination technology scheme[93]
    Application of multi-cavity plate annealing[92]
    A long pulse pump circuit[114]
    Principle of PLD[5]
    LA-ICP-MS system structure diagram
    • Table 1. Excimer gas media and emission wavelength

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      Table 1. Excimer gas media and emission wavelength

      ArFKrFXeClXeF
      193 nm248 nm308 nm351 nm
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    Paper Information

    Category: Reviews

    Received: May. 6, 2022

    Accepted: Jun. 20, 2022

    Published Online: Sep. 20, 2023

    The Author Email: Xu Liang (liangxu@aiofm.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP221521

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