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From: steveq@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Stephen Quigg)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: nitrogen laser
Message-ID: <1991Apr9.233211.6003@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU>
Date: 9 Apr 91 23:32:11 GMT
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In article <CSHORT.91Apr8180050@haywire.nmsu.edu> cshort@nmsu.edu (Spmg*d, Lord of Potted Meat Product) writes:
>
>hi, i was talking to a fellow at work and he mentioned
>how easy it was to build a superflouresing ultraviolet
>nitrogen laser that would work well as a pump source.
>
>does anyone know anything about a beast such as this?
>
>any info would be appreciated.
>
 "The Amateur Scientist" in Scientific American had an article somewhere in
the early 70's. The laser was VERY simple since the gain was so high that 
an optical cavity wasn't nescessary ( in fact wouldn't work since the lasing
action is self quenching).
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