Observation of a Population Inversion in a Possible Extreme Ultraviolet Lasing System
- 8 November 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 37 (19), 1265-1268
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.37.1265
Abstract
Spectrographic observation of a population inversion between the levels and in a rapidly expanding C VI plasma is reported. These and other results are shown to be in good agreement with a computer model, which is used to predict the conditions required to obtain laser action at 182 Å.
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