Abstract
A cylindrical surface-discharge device was developed to study photolytically pumped gas laser schemes. The discharge plasma produces intense ultraviolet/vacuum-ultraviolet broadband irradiation of a 3 ℓ active volume. Homogeneous, large-area (≳103 cm2) plasma shells are formed adjacent to the interior surfaces of dielectric cylinders by an electric discharge. Operation at a peak current of 94 kA produced approximately 45 J of radiated energy within the VUV spectral band from 170 to 210 nm in a 1.7 μs (full width half maximum) pulse, which represents a conversion efficiency for stored electrical energy into radiation of 2.7% and an equivalent brightness temperature of 13 500 K.
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