UV lasing on Cu + in a Ne-CuBr pulsed longitudinal discharge

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1799-1804

  Vuchkov, Nikolay K ^a,b,c,d   Temelkov, Krassimir A ^a,b,d   Sabotinov, Nikola V ^a,b,e,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d Bulgarian Physical Society   (Bulgaria)

^e BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^f Bulgarian Physical Society   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER HALIDE LASERS; METAL VAPOR LASERS; PULSED LONGITUDINAL DISCHARGE EXCITATION; ULTRAVIOLET LASING;

COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; SILVER COMPOUNDS;

GAS LASERS;

EID: 0033310810     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.806586     Document Type: Article

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