IR RECOMBINATION LASERS

The present study contributes to a better understanding of the atomic Xe laser as a powerful IR source. Several important phenomena like the dependence of both the observed optimized input power and maximum out put power on the square of the gas density and also the constant fract ional ionization are reported and verified theoretically. The insight in the kinetics of this system has also lead to the realization of sma ll-size continuous systems with output powers in the range of watts. T he results of the present study can be used to predict the performance of the atomic Xe laser under different operating conditions.