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The gamma-ray laser—status and issues in 1988

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

C. B. Collins ,
J. A. Anderson ,
F. Davanloo ,
C. D. Eberhard ,
J. J. Carroll ,
J. J. Coogan  and
M. J. Byrd
C. B. Collins
Affiliation:
Center for Quantum Electronics, University of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688
J. A. Anderson
Affiliation:
Center for Quantum Electronics, University of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688
F. Davanloo
Affiliation:
Center for Quantum Electronics, University of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688
C. D. Eberhard
Affiliation:
Center for Quantum Electronics, University of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688
J. J. Carroll
Affiliation:
Center for Quantum Electronics, University of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688
J. J. Coogan
Affiliation:
Center for Quantum Electronics, University of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688
M. J. Byrd
Affiliation:
Center for Quantum Electronics, University of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688
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Abstract

Efforts to demonstrate the feasibility of a gamma-ray laser scored major advances in 1987. Culminating with the successes in optically pumping the first of the 29 actual candidate isomers, priority issues were brought into better focus by the lessons learned from a wealth of new results. Perceptions were advanced so greatly that we must reassess the critical issues for 1988. Only the bottom line remains the same. A gamma-ray laser is feasible if the right combination of energy levels occurs in some real material. The likelihood of this favorable arrangement has been markedly increased by the experimental results to date.

Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , August 1989 , pp. 357 - 367
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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