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Optics Letters

Saturation measurements of excited-state transitions in noble gases using the optogalvanic effect

A. Lucero, Y. C. Chung, S.P. Reilly, ROBERT W. TKACH

Published Jun 1, 1991• 24 citations
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Abstract

Saturation intensities have been measured for 20 transitions between excited states of argon, krypton, and neon in the 1.3- and 1.5-microm regions. Values of I(sat), corrected for an incident beam with a circular Gaussian intensity profile, range from 20 to 2000 mW/cm(2).
DOI
10.1364/ol.16.000849

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