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About creation of population inversion in mixture of inert noble gas and metal vapor

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The results of the theoretical study of lasing in hollow cathode discharge (HCD) plasma are presented. The ion metal transitions were excited by second-kind collisions at HCD of noble gas-metal vapor mixtures, such as He-Be, Ar-Ca, Kr-Ca, Kr-Sr, Ne-Ga, Ne-In, He-In, Ne-Tl, and He-Tl. The dependences of the level population densities, gain and specific laser output power on HCD parameters are calculated. As a result, the lasing on 38 new transitions in the infrared wavelength range of 689…3724 nm were predicted. Studied lasers can become effective sourses of radiation for using in metrology

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    A. V. Ryazanov & I. G. Ivanov

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Ryazanov, A.V., Ivanov, I.G. & Privalov, V.E. About creation of population inversion in mixture of inert noble gas and metal vapor. Opt. Mem. Neural Networks 23, 177–184 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1060992X14030060

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