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Gamma-ray laser with hidden population inversion of nuclear states

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A comparative analysis of various schemes of a gamma-ray laser is presented. All of the schemes employ a hidden inversion of nuclear states, which appears in cooled nuclear ensembles due to nuclear recoil in the emission and absorption of gamma photons.

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Zadernovsky, A.A. Gamma-ray laser with hidden population inversion of nuclear states. Laser Phys. 17, 316–323 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X07040056

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