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A high-intensity bremsstrahlung source for investigating radiation stability of optical samples for excimer laser windows

A.S. Alimov$^1$, B.S. Ishkhanov$^1$, V.I. Shvedunov$^1$, V.D. Zvorykin$^2$, A.O. Levchenko$^2$, N.N. Ustinovskii$^2$, N.N. Mogilenets$^3$

Moscow University Physics Bulletin 2010. 65. N 2. P. 111

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A bremsstrahlung X-ray source ($h\nu\le600$ keV) was developed on the basis of CW electron LINAC. It provides an absorbed dose rate of ∼30 Gy/s within an area of ∼2.5 cm$^2$. The radiation stability of quartz glasses and crystals for excimer lasers windows was investigated.

Received: 2009 October 21
Approved: 2010 June 2
PACS:
42.55.Lt Gas lasers including excimer and metal-vapor lasers
Authors
A.S. Alimov$^1$, B.S. Ishkhanov$^1$, V.I. Shvedunov$^1$, V.D. Zvorykin$^2$, A.O. Levchenko$^2$, N.N. Ustinovskii$^2$, N.N. Mogilenets$^3$
$^1$Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
$^2$Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Division of Quantum Radiophysics, Leninskii prospekt, Moscow, 119992, Russia
$^3$Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (State University), Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow, 115409, Russia
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