“…As a result, the Ar~ complexes, whose emission induces the photolysis of N20 with formation of O(1S), were formed; it was established that ,-~75% of absorbed photons were involved in the formation of these excited atoms. Under a pressure of 50 atm, the lifetime of ArO was found to be 1.6 9 10 -4 s, which is consistent with the rate constant for reaction (6.14) as derived in [91]; at the same time, the decay of 1D state occurs, in ~10 -9 s. The gain in the transition 1E+ __~1 E + (lII), as estimated in [93], amounts to ~10 -3 cm 1. Subsequently, on the basis of the same concepts, the same authors achieved lasing at wavelengths close to the green line of oxygen [94].…”