TY - JOUR
T1 - Excitation mechanism of the Cd(II) 5s2 2D 5/2 state in the positive column Ne-Cd+ laser discharge
T2 - An interpretation of the difference of 441.6 nm laser output powers in Ne-Cd and He-Cd discharges
AU - Hane, K.
AU - Goto, T.
AU - Hattori, S.
PY - 1981
Y1 - 1981
N2 - It is shown that the stepwise excitation process from the Cd(II) ground state is the dominant one for the upper state of the 441.6 nm laser line in the positive column Ne-Cd+ laser discharge. The much smaller laser output power in Ne-Cd than that in He-Cd cannot be explained by the nonexistence of the Penning excitation process for the laser upper state in Ne-Cd. It is explained by the smaller stepwise excitation rate for the laser upper state in Ne-Cd than that in He-Cd and the influence of both the laser lower state density and the loss of the cavity.
AB - It is shown that the stepwise excitation process from the Cd(II) ground state is the dominant one for the upper state of the 441.6 nm laser line in the positive column Ne-Cd+ laser discharge. The much smaller laser output power in Ne-Cd than that in He-Cd cannot be explained by the nonexistence of the Penning excitation process for the laser upper state in Ne-Cd. It is explained by the smaller stepwise excitation rate for the laser upper state in Ne-Cd than that in He-Cd and the influence of both the laser lower state density and the loss of the cavity.
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U2 - 10.1088/0022-3727/14/9/008
DO - 10.1088/0022-3727/14/9/008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0019610937
SN - 0022-3727
VL - 14
SP - 1603
EP - 1612
JO - Journal Physics D: Applied Physics
JF - Journal Physics D: Applied Physics
IS - 9
M1 - 008
ER -