Method and apparatus for producing a photopumped VUV laser in Mo(6+) ion-containing plasma
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel method and apparatus for producing a laser. It is an additional object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for producing a VUV laser having a wavelength less than about 1000 Angstroms. It is a further object of the invention to provide a method and apparatus for producing an inexpensive source of coherent radiation in the 60 nm region. It is an additional object of the invention to provide a method and apparatus for producing a photopumped laser while employing the wavelength coincidence of two ions of molybdenum. These and additional objects are provided by the method and apparatus according to the present invention for producing a photopumped VUV laser in an Mo6 + ion-containing plasma.
- Publication:
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Patent Department of the Navy
- Pub Date:
- July 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990navy.reptR....F
- Keywords:
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- Coherent Radiation;
- Far Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Laser Plasmas;
- Laser Pumping;
- Lasers;
- Radiation Sources;
- Coincidence Circuits;
- Counting Circuits;
- Frequencies;
- Inventions;
- Ions;
- Molybdenum;
- Lasers and Masers