Pulsed lasers on plasmas produced by electron beams and discharges

Journal Article · Fri Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2003 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2003V033N02ABEH002373· OSTI ID:21470262

Tarasenko, Viktor F ^[1]; Yakovlenko, Sergei I ^[2]

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1. Institute of High Current Electronics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk (Russian Federation)
2. A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)

The use of electron beams for pumping dense gases made it possible to obtain lasing on atomic and molecular transitions in different spectral ranges and to develop high-power pulsed lasers. N.G. Basov and coworkers made a substantial contribution to the formation and advancement of this field. A brief review of the research on efficient elevated-pressure active media and high-power pulsed lasers utilising plasmas produced both by an electron beam and an electron-beam-controlled discharge is presented. These are excimer and exciplex lasers, lasers utilising atomic transitions in xenon and neon, an Ar -N{sub 2} mixture laser, a molecular nitrogen ion laser, and a high-pressure CO{sub 2} laser. Data obtained in the investigation of the radiation of rare-gas halide complexes are given. (special issue devoted to the 80th anniversary of academician n g basov's birth)

• OSTI ID: 21470262
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 33, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2003v033n02ABEH002373; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ELECTRON BEAMS
HALIDES
NEON
NITROGEN IONS
PLASMA
PUMPING
XENON
BEAMS
CHARGED PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GAS LASERS
GASES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
IONS
LASERS
LEPTON BEAMS
NONMETALS
PARTICLE BEAMS
RARE GASES