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For studying the lasing mechanism of nuclear-pumped IR lasers at krypton and argon atomic transitions, the kinetics of the plasma process is considered and computations are made for the energy and threshold characteristics of He-Kr (λ=2.52 μm) and He-Ar (λ=1.79 μm) lasers excited by uranium fission fragments. The calculated optimal pressures, mixture compositions, laser output powers and threshold characteristics agree satisfactorily with the experimental ones.
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Melnikov, S.P., Sinyanskii, A.A. The lasing mechanism of nuclear-pumped IR lasers at krypton and argon atomic transitions. Hyperfine Interact 88, 165–171 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02068715
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