Saturation measurements of excited-state transitions in noble gases using the optogalvanic effect
- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 16 (11) , 849-851
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.16.000849
Abstract
Saturation intensities have been measured for 20 transitions between excited states of argon, krypton, and neon in the 1.3- and 1.5-μm regions. Values of Isat, corrected for an incident beam with a circular Gaussian intensity profile, range from 20 to 2000 mW/cm2.Keywords
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