A. M. Boichenko, E. K. Bonyushkin, A. V. Karelin, B. V. Lazhintsev, A. E. Lakhtikov, A. P. Morovov, S. I. Yakovlenko, “Investigation of an XeF laser pumped by gamma radiation from a nuclear explosion”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1996, Volume 23, Number 5,Pages <nobr>420

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Lasers

Investigation of an XeF laser pumped by gamma radiation from a nuclear explosion

A. M. Boichenko^a, E. K. Bonyushkin^b, A. V. Karelin^a, B. V. Lazhintsev^b, A. E. Lakhtikov^b, A. P. Morovov^b, S. I. Yakovlenko^a

^a A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Russian Federal Nuclear Center — All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics", Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod region

Abstract: Experimental and theoretical investigations were made of an XeF laser pumped by a travelling ionising wave originating from a nuclear explosion. The results indicated that an efficiency, in terms of the input energy, could reach — 3%.

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.60.Mi, 28.70.+y

Received: 01.01.1996