Kinetic model of an ultraviolet laser utilizing electron transitions in molecular xenon
A kinetic model is developed for a hypotherical laser using the electron transition [Xe2(3Σu+) + hνL(~175 nm) → Xe2(1Σg+) + 2hνL], which is pumped by the processes Kr(1S0) + hνr(116.5, 123.6 nm) → Kr(1P1,3P1), Kr(1P1,3P1) + Xe(1S0) → Kr(1S0) + Xe(3P1), and Xe(3P1) + Xe(1S0) → Xe2(1Σu+) → Xe2(3Σu+), where the lower level is depopulated rapidly by the process [Xe2(1Σg+) → 2Xe(1S0)].