Condensed phase exciplexes for short wavelength lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3052, Issue , 1996, Pages 23-36

  Śliwiński, Gerard ^a,b   Schwentner, Nikolaus ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF FLUID FLOW MACHINERY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alkali halides; Doped rare gas solids; Excimers; Laser transitions; Rare gas halides

Indexed keywords

ALKALI HALIDES; ARGON LASERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EXCIMER LASERS; GAS EMISSIONS; NEON;

CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; EXCIMERS; GAIN COEFFICIENTS; INTERFEROMETRIC CAVITY; LASER TRANSITION; RARE-GAS HALIDES; RARE-GAS SOLIDS; RELAXATION OSCILLATION;

CESIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85076758087     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.262928     Document Type: Conference Paper

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