vuv emissions from mixtures of F2 and the noble gases—A molecular F2 laser at 1575 Å

Abstract

We have observed two new emission features in electron-beam-excited mixtures of molecular fluorine with either neon or helium. One feature is a continuum centered at 1080 Å which we attribute to NeF*. The other emission feature is a band system extending from 1500–1600 Å which we attribute to a transition of molecular fluorine. This transition lased near 1575 Å.