Thesis supervisor: Sándor Szatmári
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Department of Experimental Physics, U Szeged Abbreviation of location of studies: SZTE
Description of the research topic:
The basic problem associated with the construction of discharge-pumped KrF excimer gain modules used for subpicosecond amplification is the relatively small (~2 mJ/cm^2) saturation energy density, which limits the achievable energy. This requires amplifier geometries having large cross-sections and moderate lengths. The increase of the discharge, however decreases the speed of the pumping circuit and therefore deteriorates the criteria for a high quality discharge. Geometrical combination of two discharges (“back-to-back” design) and the use of the off-axis amplification scheme can overcome this limitation. The main goal of this research is the realization and characterization of such an amplifier.
Required language skills: English Recommended language skills (in Hungarian): angol Number of students who can be accepted: 1