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Charge-Exchange Excitation and cw Oscillation in the Zinc-Ion Laser

R. C. Jensen, G. J. Collins, William R. Bennett

Physical Review Letters · 1969 · 59 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

We have investigated the afterglow decay rates of the Zn II laser lines in spontaneous emission. Measurements indicate that the dominant mechanism for excitation of these lines is thermal-energy charge-transfer collisions between zinc atoms and both atomic and molecular ions of helium.

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Rare-Gas and Hydrogen Molecule Electronic States, Noncrossing Rule, and Recombination of Electrons with Rare-Gas and Hydrogen Ions

Robert S. Mulliken · Physical Review · 1964 · 176 citations

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EFFICIENT CW LASER OSCILLATION AT 4416 Å IN Cd (II)

W. T. Silfvast · Applied Physics Letters · 1968 · 122 citations

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Gross Failure of the Conventional Adiabatic Criterion; Structure and Coherence in the Low-Energy Excitation of Helium Atoms by Helium Ions

S. H. Dworetsky, R. Novick, W. W. Smíth et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1967 · 79 citations

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Optical excitation with very low energy ions

Martin Lipeles, R. Novick, N. H. Tolk · Physical Review Letters · 1965 · 71 citations

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LASER ACTION IN SINGLY IONIZED Ge, Sn, Pb, In, Cd AND Zn

W. T. Silfvast, G. R. Fowles, B. Hopkins · Applied Physics Letters · 1966 · 63 citations

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