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Special issue devoted to the 80th anniversary of academician N. G. Basov's birth

Liquid xenon excimer laser

A. G. Molchanov

P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: The characteristics of the first excimer laser and the history of its creation are presented. The threshold lasing conditions and the modern theory of active media are considered, and the prospects for the development of excimer lasers operating on condensed inert gases are discussed. It is shown that in experiments on pumping liquid xenon, lasing was obtained simultaneously on excimers of several types, including excimers in liquid and gas phases.

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.60.Lh, 71.35.-y

Received: 23.09.2002

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2003, 33:1, 37–44

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