Excimer Formation and Decay Processes in Rare Gases

Abstract

A model of the excimer formation and decay processes in electron beam pumped high density rare gases has been developed. The model has been compared with recent measurements of the excimer formation and decay rates in Xe and information about the radiative lifetimes and dominant collision mechanisms are obtained. Several important conclusions that have bearing on the vuv laser characteristics of these systems are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 28, 1973
Accession Number
AD0778326

Entities

People

  • David L. Huestis
  • Donald C. Lorentz
  • Donald J. Eckstrom

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Differential Equations
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equations
  • Ground State
  • High Density
  • High Pressure
  • Ionization Potentials
  • Laser Applications
  • Lasers
  • Quantum Properties

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics