Abstract
The rare gas halide excimers continue to be a subject of great interest. Although they have been in existence for 15 years now, in many ways the excimers are still not well understood. As an example, recent measurements of the saturation energy and gain recovery of a KrF amplifier using subpicosecond probes1,2 have raised questions as to the accuracy of the currently accepted KrF B state stimulated emission cross section and radiative decay rate. The KrF B ↔ C mixing rate and energy separation have not been measured accurately. In addition, the KrF C state radiative lifetime has never been measured in a collisionless environment, and vibrational relaxation of the B and C states has not been examined.
© 1990 Optical Society of America
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