Abstract:
The lifetime of the lower active level of a decaying copper plasma laser was determined as a function of the nature and pressure of buffer gases. Pure inert (He, Ne, Ar) and molecular (CO2, H2) gases were employed. An equation for the determination of the lifetime of the lower laser level was obtained for self-terminating transitions. It was found that a collisional competition occurred between the transitions corresponding to the yellow and green lines in the spectrum.
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