Segmented pulsed discharge for metastable argon lasing medium

Zhifan Zhang; Peng Lei; Duluo Zuo; Xinbing Wang

doi:10.3788/COL202220.031408

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Chinese Optics Letters
Vol. 20, Issue 3, 031408 (2022)

Segmented pulsed discharge for metastable argon lasing medium

Zhifan Zhang, Peng Lei, Duluo Zuo^*, and Xinbing Wang

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Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

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Schematic of the plasma generator and the setup for laser diode absorption spectroscopy. LD, laser diode; SP, monochromator; PMT, photomultiplier tube; CCPS, capacitor charging power supply; MOSFET, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor.

Fig. 1. Schematic of the plasma generator and the setup for laser diode absorption spectroscopy. LD, laser diode; SP, monochromator; PMT, photomultiplier tube; CCPS, capacitor charging power supply; MOSFET, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor.

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Typical traces of pulsed voltage and current with gas mixture of 1% Ar/He at 800 mbar, of which the deposited energy is about 2.1 mJ. CCPS is set at 800 V, with the voltage at C1 and C2 charged to 1.33 kV.

Fig. 2. Typical traces of pulsed voltage and current with gas mixture of 1% Ar/He at 800 mbar, of which the deposited energy is about 2.1 mJ. CCPS is set at 800 V, with the voltage at C1 and C2 charged to 1.33 kV.

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Fig. 3. Plasma photos taken along the (a) y direction and (b) x direction at 800 mbar. Two segmented electrodes were used each with a length of 25 mm in the x direction and a width of 8 mm in the y direction.

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Fig. 4. (a) Curves of Ar (1s⁵) density versus time at different DC charging voltages and 800 mbar. An absorption length of 8 mm was used. (b) Voltage at the output of pulsed DC power supply at different DC charging voltages and 800 mbar.

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Fig. 5. Dependence of Ar (1s⁵) density on pressure. CCPS is set at 800 V. An absorption length of 8 mm was used.

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Fig. 6. Time-resolved intensity of characteristic emission of Ar atoms at 800 mbar. The DC charging voltage is 750 V.

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Wavelength (nm)	Type	Transition Levels	Spontaneous Emission Coefficient ( $s^{- 1}$ )
418.19	Ar I	$3 p^{3} \to 1 s^{3}$	$5.6 \times 10^{5}$
419.83	Ar I	$3 p^{5} \to 1 s^{4}$	$2.57 \times 10^{6}$
420.07	Ar I	$3 p^{9} \to 1 s^{5}$	$9.7 \times 10^{5}$
425.94	Ar I	$3 p^{1} \to 1 s^{2}$	$3.98 \times 10^{6}$
433.36	Ar I	$3 p^{2} \to 1 s^{2}$	$5.7 \times 10^{5}$
696.54	Ar I	$2 p^{2} \to 1 s^{5}$	$6.4 \times 10^{6}$
750.39	Ar I	$2 p^{1} \to 1 s^{2}$	$4.5 \times 10^{7}$
801.48	Ar I	$2 p^{8} \to 1 s^{5}$	$9.3 \times 10^{6}$
811.53	Ar I	$2 p^{9} \to 1 s^{5}$	$3.3 \times 10^{7}$
826.45	Ar I	$2 p^{2} \to 1 s^{2}$	$1.53 \times 10^{7}$
447.48	Ar II	$[3 s^{2} 3 p^{4} ({}^{1}D) 4 p] {}^{2}{P_{1 / 2}^{0}} \to [3 s^{2} 3 p^{4} ({}^{3}P) 3 d] {}^{2}{D_{3 / 2}}$	$2.90 \times 10^{7}$
473.59	Ar II	$[3 s^{2} {3 p}^{4} ({}^{3}P) 4 p] {}^{4}{P_{3 / 2}^{0}} \to [3 s^{2} 3 p^{4} ({}^{3}P) 4 s] {}^{4}{P_{5 / 2}}$	$5.80 \times 10^{7}$
501.72	Ar II	$[3 s^{2} 3 p^{4} ({}^{1}D) 4 p] {}^{2}{F_{5 / 2}^{0}} \to [{3 s}^{2} {3 p}^{4} ({}^{2}P) 3 d] {}^{2}{D_{3 / 2}}$	$2.07 \times 10^{7}$

Table 1. Wavelength and Transition Levels of Each Selected Line^[27]

Zhifan Zhang, Peng Lei, Duluo Zuo, Xinbing Wang. Segmented pulsed discharge for metastable argon lasing medium[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(3): 031408

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