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Title: Metastable electronic states of molecules and gas lasers emitting in the visible range

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

The possibility of using metastable electronic states of molecules in a gas laser emitting in the visible range is analyzed. Consideration is given to several types of the transfer of excitation from metastable molecules to electronic levels of atoms of an impurity gas with the aim of achieving stimulated emission. Potential mechanisms for the pumping of metastable molecular levels are discussed. (AIP)

Research Organization:
P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
OSTI ID:
7286574
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 6:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English