Kinetic model of an ultraviolet laser utilizing electron transitions in molecular xenon

A. M. Bonch-Bruevich, S. N. Busov, G. A. Skorobogatov


Abstract: A kinetic model is developed for a hypotherical laser using the electron transition [Xe₂(³Σ_u⁺)+hν_L(~175 nm)→Xe₂(¹Σ_g⁺)+2hν_L], which is pumped by the processes Kr(¹S₀)+hν_r(116.5, 123.6 nm)→Kr(¹P₁,³P₁), Kr(¹P₁,³P₁)+Xe(¹S₀)→Kr(¹S₀)+Xe(³P₁), and Xe(³P₁)+Xe(¹S₀)→Xe₂(¹Σ_u⁺)→Xe₂(³Σ_u⁺), where the lower level is depopulated rapidly by the process [Xe₂(¹Σ_g⁺)→2Xe(¹S₀)].

UDC: 621.378.335

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.70.Hj, 42.55.Ah, 33.80.Be

Received: 25.12.1973
Revised: 24.04.1974

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1975, 4:9, 1106–1110