Collisionally excited XUV lasers
Abstract
Several possible schemes for new coherent XUV radiation sources based on collisional energy transfer from rare gas metastables produced in a discharge to quartet states of alkali metal atoms are described. Relevant laser parameters have been analyzed for He-K and Ne-Rb mixtures with possible laser gain up to several kaysers in the 60-80 nm spectral region.
- Publication:
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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Pub Date:
- December 1983
- DOI:
- 10.1109/JQE.1983.1071818
- Bibcode:
- 1983IJQE...19.1835P
- Keywords:
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- Alkali Metals;
- Atomic Collisions;
- Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Gas Lasers;
- Rare Gases;
- Ultraviolet Lasers;
- Electron Transitions;
- Energy Transfer;
- Gas Mixtures;
- Helium;
- Lasing;
- Metastable Atoms;
- Population Inversion;
- Potassium;
- Lasers and Masers