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The small signal gain, amplified spontaneous emission and laser spectra of a transverse discharge-excited XeCl laser have been measured. Several gas mixtures, total gas pressures and electron densities have been investigated. From these measurements it is concluded, that bound-free transitions and transitions to high-lying vibrational levels of the ground state contribute significantly to the gain and laser emission. For the upper laser level a vibrational population ratio [XeCl(B, υ′=1)]/[XeCl(B, υ′=0)] corresponding to a temperature of about 370 K has been determined. The intensity ratio of about 1 observed for the two laser lines may be explained by the vibrational and quenching kinetics of the lower laser level together with the upper state kinetics. A table summarizing the result of the small gain measurement has been included for model comparison.
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Hammer, T. Investigation of XeCl vibrational and quenching kinetics: Measurements of gain and laser spectra in a discharge-pumped oscillator module. Appl. Phys. B 56, 243–248 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00325211
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