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A microwave-excited strontium-ion (λ430.5 nm) recombination laser

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Laser oscillation on the 430.5 nm transition of Sr+, which replies on three-body electron-ion recombination for its excitation, has been achieved in a pulsed, selfheated, microwave-pumped discharge.

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  1. J. F. Allen Research Laboratories, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, KY16 9SS, St Andrews, Fife, UK

    J. W. Bethel, A. Maitland & C. E. Little

  2. EEV Ltd, Carholme Road, LN1 1SF, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK

    P. M. Beecham & T. C. Bell

  3. EEV Ltd, Waterhouse Lane, CM1 2QU, Chelmsford, Essex, UK

    S. Webb

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Bethel, J.W., Maitland, A., Beecham, P.M. et al. A microwave-excited strontium-ion (λ430.5 nm) recombination laser. Opt Quant Electron 26, 1079–1087 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00284504

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