Core-excited metastable levels: application to spectroscopy, to the generation of picosecond extreme-ultraviolet pulses, and to lasers

Title: Core-excited metastable levels: application to spectroscopy, to the generation of picosecond extreme-ultraviolet pulses, and to lasers

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The paper reviews both the properties and the applications of core-excited metastable atoms. The production of these atoms by microwave-pulsed hollow-cathode discharges, and laser-produced x rays is described. The authors discuss the application of these atoms to several new types of spectroscopy that allow autoionizing line widths as narrow as 0.1/cm to be measured. The application of these metastables to the generation of picosecond-time-scale soft-x-ray pulses and to XUV lasers is also discussed.

Authors:: Harris, S E; Young, J F

Publication Date:: 1987-04-01

Research Org.:: Stanford Univ., CA (USA). Edward L. Ginzton Lab.

OSTI Identifier:: 5793545

Report Number(s):: AD-A-185316/7/XAB

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Pub. in Jnl. of the Optical Society of America B, Vol. 4, No. 4, 547-562(Apr 1987)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING; 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; ATOMS; METASTABLE STATES; FAR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; LASERS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA; SOFT X RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY LEVELS; EXCITED STATES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RADIATION; 420300* - Engineering- Lasers- (-1989); 640302 - Atomic, Molecular & Chemical Physics- Atomic & Molecular Properties & Theory

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