Recombination lasers in expanding CO2 laser-produced plasmas of argon, krypton, and xenon
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 31 (5) , 334-337
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89689
Abstract
Laser oscillation has been observed in the expansion phase of transversely initiated laser‐produced plasmas of argon, krypton, and xenon at pressures up to 1 atm. All of the experimental evidence indicates that these lasers are of a plasma‐recombination type in which an initially ionized plasma rapidly expands and cools, leading to a high recombination rate and subsequently to an inversion in the next lower ionization stage.Keywords
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