The rare‐gas monohalides are simple diatomic molecules whose properties and emission spectra were essentially unknown as recently as four years ago. Now they are the active media for gas lasers that could provide overall electrical efficiency as high as 10%. These lasers operate in the ultraviolet and vacuum‐ultraviolet spectral regions and are the first lasers outside the infrared region that appear to be scalable to high single‐pulse energy (greater that 100 joules per pulse) with high average power and efficiency. Not surprisingly in light of the species' novelty and the laser's promised utility (for example, in photochemical‐separation schemes), research and development in this area has grown remarkably since the first laser demonstration three years ago.
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May 01 1978
Rare‐gas halide lasers
This new class of ultraviolet lasers, very efficient and apparently scalable to high power, promises to be of value in such applications as photochemical separation.
James J. Ewing
James J. Ewing
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
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James J. Ewing
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Physics Today 31 (5), 32–39 (1978);
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James J. Ewing; Rare‐gas halide lasers. Physics Today 1 May 1978; 31 (5): 32–39. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995036
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