EXTENDED BROAD-BAND EMISSION IN VACUUM-ULTRAVIOLET BY MULTI-RARE-GAS SILENT DISCHARGES

被引:12
作者
KUBODERA, S
HONDA, M
KITAHARA, M
KAWANAKA, J
SASAKI, W
KUROSAWA, K
机构
[1] Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Miyazaki University, Miyazaki
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 1995年 / 34卷 / 5B期
关键词
RARE GAS EXCIMERS; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET; SILENT DISCHARGES; EXTENDED CONTINUUM EMISSION;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.34.L618
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We have demonstrated extended broad-band fluorescence emission in vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) by using silent discharges of rare gas mixtures. Two new VUV continua with considerably broad emission bandwidths have been observed, which have emission bandwidths of similar to 30 nm [full width at half maximum] at center wavelength of 145 nm for an argon/krypton mixture and of 163 nm for a krypton/xenon mixture. A frequency-integrated average VUV emission power for a krypton/xenon continuum is 2.5 W, corresponding to a power conversion efficiency of 9.6%.
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页码:L618 / L620
页数:3
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