Published January 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

X-ray laser implementation by means of a strong source of high-spin metastable atoms

  • 1. Departamento de Fisica, Centro de Investigacion del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, 07000 Mexico D.F., Mexico

Description

High-spin metastable atomic beams of high density and extremely small divergence can be produced by electron capture during grazing-angle scattering of ion beams at ferromagnetic surfaces. This can be used to generate a long-lived reservoir of Li 1s2s2p 4P/sub 5/2//sup ts0/ with enough density of metastables so that after laser-induced transfer to Li 1s2p/sup ts2/P strong lasing at 207 A should occur. This novel technique can also be used to produce a variety of other metastables known as potential candidates for lasing at shorter wavelengths

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., A
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Rev., A.
Journal Page Range
562-564
ISSN
0556-2791