Stimulated emission in the vacuum ultraviolet region

Laser-Fusion Program Semiannual Report: January--June 1972.

“…In addition, we have seen considerable radiation displaced to longer wavelengths in argon and kryp t0rl -A similar result has also been reported in xenon at about 3000 A. 58 Such longer wavelength continua Appear to be systematic phenomena. In these experiments it seems quite unlikely that they are generated by impurities or fluorescence of the LiF window.…”

“…Recent Soviet experiments with xenon excited by high energy electrons, reported by Basov et al, 58 have demonstrated the feasibility of coherent generation (i.e., lasing) with these systems at liquid density. The Russian workers have also indicated in private communication that they have obtained similar results in high-pressure xenon gas.…”

Real Life Application of Xenon: A Critical Review

“…The first excimer laser used a xenon dimer (Xe 2 ) energized by a beam of electrons to produce stimulated emission at an ultraviolet wavelength of 176 nm (Basov et al, 1971) …”

Pages from the history of quantum electronics research in the Soviet Union

“…usage of this method resulted in the creation of excimer lasers [22], semiconductor lasers [23] and high-pressure gas lasers [24]; (c) photodissociation in molecular gases (S. Rautian and I. Sobel'man, 1961 [25]); (d) heating-fast cooling of molecular gases-'thermal pump method' (N. Basov and A. Oraevsky, 1963 [26]). …”