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Experiments on lasers based on diatomic exciplex molecules are briefly reviewed. The optical characteristics of the laser transitions, the experimental conditions of obtaining lasing, the mechanism of formation of the working-state populations, the character of the disequilibrium of the active medium, and the new laser media proposed in the literature are considered. Tables listing detailed data on excimer and exciplex lasers are presented.
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Translated from Trudy Ordena Lenina Fizicheskogo Instituta im. P. N. Lebedeva, Vol. 120, pp. 8–30, 1980.
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Gudzenko, L.I., Lakoba, I.S. & Yakovlenko, S.I. Exciplex lasers. J Russ Laser Res 3, 181–200 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01134143
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