R.W. Dreyfus, J.M. Jasinski, et al.
CLEO 1984
This letter reports an investigation of the vacuum ultraviolet emission from gaseous xenon excited with a 4-nsec 10-kA cm-2 electron beam. The observed decrease in the emission lifetime at 171.5 nm for high xenon number density is due to a quenching process intrinsic to xenon. Treatment of the quenching data yields a radiative lifetime of 130 ± 20 nsec for the excited xenon diatomic, and a quenching constant of 5.1 × 10-13 cm3 atom-1 sec-1. Thus, the theoretical threshold for laser action in excited diatomic xenon molecules is ∼ 26 times higher than had been previously anticipated from the 5-nsec lifetime observed in liquid xenon. © 1973 American Institute of Physics.
R.W. Dreyfus, J.M. Jasinski, et al.
CLEO 1984
R.W. Dreyfus, J.M. Jasinski, et al.
Pure and Applied Chemistry
R.J. Von Gutfeld, R.W. Dreyfus
Applied Physics Letters
R.T. Hodgson
Physical Review Letters