Science and Engineering Research Council Central Laser Facility: Annual Report to the Laser Facility Committee 1984

摘要

The report covers the work done at or in association with the Central Laser Facility (CLF) during the year ended 31 March 1984. The three main parts of the program of the CLF are covered in three self contained sections, namely Section A, 'The Glass Laser Scientific Program', Section B, 'The Ultra Violet Radiation Facility Scientific Program', and Section C, 'High Power KrF Laser Development'. Section A presents the work of the six specialist scientific groups studying applications of the high power Nd glass laser. Section headings are: Laser plasma interaction and energy transport; Laser plasma compression and dynamics; Dense plasma and radiation physics; XUV lasers and applications of laser produced plasmas; Theory and computation; Glass laser facility operation and development. Section B reports the multidisciplinary applications of the excimer and excimer pumped frequency tunable lasers of the Ultra Violet Radiation Facility. Section headings are: Photochemistry, Photobiology, Physics, Engineering, and UVRF Facility development. Section C reports on high power KrF laser development. Section headings are: KrF multiplexer design; KrF pulse generator development; UV laser damage studies; E-beam pumped KrF laser systems; Light guided forward Raman amplifier experiment.