Lasing in rare gases under pumping by an electron beam from an accelerator with a plasma cathode

The paper reports experimental results on lasing in neon (lambda = 585.3 nm) and xenon (lambda = 1.73 microns) under electron-beam pumping in the repetitively pulsed regimes. Quasi-steady lasing was obtained in a laser with a pumped volume up to 50 liters and an optical volume of 6 liters, and with emission pulse durations of 15, 30, and 100 microsec. The maximum radiation energy at 585.3 nm was 0.5 J; at 1.73 microns, it was 6 J. Electron-beam-pumped Ne and Xe lasers operate with a pulse repetition frequency of 50 Hz.