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Autoionization-pumped laser

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

Doubly excited autoionizing states in barium of the configuration 6p/sub 3/2/np (n> or =12) are shown to decay preferentially to yield the 6p/sub 1/2/ excited state of Ba/sup +/. The resulting population inversion is used to produce amplified spontaneous emission at 493 and 650 nm corresponding to the 6p/sub 1/2/-6s/sub 1/2/ and 6p/sub 1/2/-5d/sub 3/2/ transitions in Ba/sup +/. This principle of selective autoionization is expected to be applicable to the construction of a new class of ion lasers extending into the vacuum-ultraviolet wavelength region.

Research Organization:
Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
OSTI ID:
5339896
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 48:18; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English