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Nuclear reactor-pumped laser atomic xenon operated at 2.48 µm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

A. Bochkov
Affiliation:
National Institute of Technical Physics, 454070 Chelyabinsk-70, P.O. 245, Russia
V. Kryzhanovsky
Affiliation:
National Institute of Technical Physics, 454070 Chelyabinsk-70, P.O. 245, Russia
O. Lyubimov
Affiliation:
National Institute of Technical Physics, 454070 Chelyabinsk-70, P.O. 245, Russia
E. Magda
Affiliation:
National Institute of Technical Physics, 454070 Chelyabinsk-70, P.O. 245, Russia
S. Mukhin
Affiliation:
National Institute of Technical Physics, 454070 Chelyabinsk-70, P.O. 245, Russia

Abstract

A fission fragment-pumped Ar-Xe laser at 2.48 ¼m is reported. A threshold level of 3 × 107 thermal neutrons/cm2s was found with a 0.01% laser efficiency. The mechanism associated with temperature effects on laser performance is identified.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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