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Production of Short-Wavelength (XUV) Photons From Ion-Laser- Excited-Surface Charge Exchange: Li3+,He+ + Si(111) Systems

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It has been proposed1,2 that some selected charge-exchange processes may serve as a means of achieving population inversion for short-wavelength (VUV and soft X-ray) lasers.

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Lee, HW., George, T.F. (1984). Production of Short-Wavelength (XUV) Photons From Ion-Laser- Excited-Surface Charge Exchange: Li3+,He+ + Si(111) Systems. In: Mandel, L., Wolf, E. (eds) Coherence and Quantum Optics V. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0605-5_136

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