title: Self-starting short-pulse XeCl laser with a stimulated Brillouin scattering mirror.
abstract: A commercial XeCl laser system is operated with a phase-conjugating mirror based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS). No conventional start resonator is required. The near-field profile is converted from rectangular to near-Gaussian and the far-field spatial beam quality is increased by up to 60% relative to a conventional plane-plane resonator. The small reflectivity of a single SBS cell reduces the laser output power. A double-cell arrangement improves the reflectivity and the laser power, resulting in a simple excimer SBS resonator with improved brightness.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Eichler
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwartz