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An intensive generation of radiation from a discharge-pumped atomic-fluorine gas laser is reported. A peak power exceeding 330 kW and a total energy of more than 2 mJ is obtained for a number of lines in the red, using a NF3∶He (1∶100) gas mixture at total pressure of 500 Torr. The circuitry optimization is described and the conditions for effective operation of the atomic-fluorine laser are discussed. The temporal and the spectral characteristics of the laser emission are also presented.
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Koprinkov, I.G., Stamenov, K.V. & Stankov, K.A. Intense laser generation from an atomic-fluorine laser. Appl. Phys. B 33, 235–238 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00697333
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