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Energy and spectral characteristics of electron-beam pumped lasers on XeI transitions using Ne, Ar, and Kr as buffer gases

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Dudin, A.Y., Semenov, L.V., Ustinovskii, N.N. et al. Energy and spectral characteristics of electron-beam pumped lasers on XeI transitions using Ne, Ar, and Kr as buffer gases. J Russ Laser Res 13, 374–389 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01124890

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