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Alexander E. Mandl, Daniel E. Klimek, Edward T. Salesky
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 11 | Number 3 | May 1987 | Pages 542-547
Technical Paper | KrF Laser | doi.org/10.13182/FST87-A25034
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Measurements were made of the intrinsic laser efficiency of the KrF excimer laser system as a function of increasing krypton buffer gas at pump rates up to 0.17 MW/cm3. The results show that the laser efficiency monotonically increases with increased krypton concentration to a maximum value of 12% for a pure krypton buffer gas. Code calculations show very good agreement with experiment.
