Population inversions with respect to the ground level of an ion or atom by the rapid cooling of a plasma
- 1 March 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 28 (5), 253-255
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.88728
Abstract
General conditions are derived for achieving an inversion with respect to the ground level of an atom or ion by rapid cooling of a plasma. As an example, gain on the He+ 304‐Å resonance transition in a laser‐produced helium plasma is considered in detail.Keywords
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