Abstract
Although the first laser transitions, obtained by hollow-cathode excitation were reported in 1970,1-3 there is still a great deal of interest in finding new configurations for improving the efficiencies of these lasers. Two of the principal characteristics of hollow-cathode metal-ion lasers are their ability to create significant metal density by means of sputtering4 and the possibility of operating them in the UV (220-320 nm) at one-twentieth the discharge current required for rare-gas ion lasers.5
© 1991 Optical Society of America
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