Population Inversion in the Recombination of Optically-Ionized Plasmas

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1990, Pages 1797-1808

  Burnett, Neal H ^a   Enright, Gary D ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; PLASMAS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION--SOURCES; X-RAY AND GAMMA RAY PRODUCTION;

EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; OPTICALLY IONIZED PLASMAS; PLASMA RECOMBINATION; SOFT X-RAYS; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

LASERS, GAS;

EID: 0025505947     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.60904     Document Type: Article

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