Title :
Atomic deexcitation effects of X-rays on gases
Author :
Kushelevsky, A.P. ; Kopeika, N.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Ben-Gurion Unversity of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
fDate :
10/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Illumination of gases by X-rays results in decreasing populations of excited states for increasing X-ray dosage. This deexcitation effect decreases for increasing dc bias fields. These results indicate that X-rays can affect population inversion detrimentally. Implications concerning X-ray preionization in TEA lasers are discussed.
Keywords :
Atomic measurements; Background noise; Electrodes; Gas lasers; Gases; Laser excitation; Noise measurement; Voltage; Voltmeters; X-rays;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1978.1069691
