Towards Shorter Wavelength Lasers and Breaking the 1000 Angstrom Barrier II (Bound-Continuum Emission).

Abstract

Bound-continuum lasers in the vacuum ultraviolet are discussed, and criteria are developed for their realization. Furthermore, the possibility of a new CW laser in the vacuum ultraviolet (1550A) from H2, HD and D2 is investigated. It is pointed out that in a two temperature, continuously operating discharge, this laser is highly feasible.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0787625

Entities

People

  • A. W. Ali

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Emission
  • Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy