HYDROGEN MOLECULAR VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET LASER THEORY

Abstract

Calculations indicate that within the Werner band of the H2 molecules laser action is possible at several spectral lines between 1025–1239 Å in a high current discharge with a risetime of a few nsec. The peak power densities are in the kilowatts cm−3 range per spectral line (for strong lines) with pulse half-width of less than 1 nsec.