Aachen PK 2003 – scientific programme
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K: Kurzzeitphysik
K 4: Laser applications
K 4.6: Talk
Thursday, March 20, 2003, 16:30–16:45, F04
Electron Beam Pumped UV Light Sources — •Andreas Ulrich1, Andreas Görtler2, Günter Kornfeld3, Reiner Krücken1, Andrej Morozov1, Fabian Mühlberger4, Andreas Peters3, Ruprecht Steinhübl3,1, Jochen Wieser2, and Ralf Zimmermann4 — 1TU-München, Fakultät für Physik E12, James Franck Str. 1, D-85748 Garching — 2TuiLaser, Industriestr. 15, D-82110 Germering — 3THALES Electron Devices, Söflinger Str. 100, D-89077 Ulm — 4GSF, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg
Experiments in which low energy (10-20keV) electron beams are used to study
light emitting processes in dense gases are described. The key technique
for these experiments is an ultra-thin (300nm) ceramic membrane used as
entrance window for the electron beams sent into the gases. This leads to
compact, portable electron beam pumped devices, which are presently being
developed into efficient UV and VUV light sources. The dominant light
emission is via formation and decay of excimer molecules when rare gases or
rare gas mixtures are used. Efficiencies up to 40% have been observed for
VUV light sources on the 2nd excimer continua of the pure rare gases. The
systems can be operated from ns pulses to fully continuous. First
applications of pulsed VUV sources for single photon photo-ionisation (SPI)
in time of flight mass spectrometers (TOFMS) will be described.
(funded by Bayerische Forschungsstiftung 482/01)