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1.	Johansson, Sveneric, et al. (author) Stimulated amplification in an astrophysical plasma: An FeII space laser in gas condensation in the vicinity of eta carinae 2005 In: Laser Physics. - 1054-660X. ; 15:7, s. 939-946 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract We consider the conditions necessary for the development of an inverted population among the energy levels of free atoms in a medium exposed to radiation in spectral nonequilibrium. In particular, we focus on monochromatic radiation occurring as a result of an accidental wavelength coincidence between a pumping emission line and a pumped absorption line in two different elements. We examine especially the influence of "pseudometastable" states (at medium excitation) in the complex spectrum of Fe 11, which cause a "bottleneck" in the radiative decay leading to an inverted level population. We also discuss the effect of spectral compression of the Lyman continuum into H Ly-alpha radiation at a high effective temperature. In conclusion, we describe those differences between microwave astrophysical masers (APM) and optical astrophysical lasers (APL) that make the latter a more rare phenomenon in nature.

Johansson, Sveneric, et al. (author)
Stimulated amplification in an astrophysical plasma: An FeII space laser in gas condensation in the vicinity of eta carinae
2005
In: Laser Physics. - 1054-660X. ; 15:7, s. 939-946
Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We consider the conditions necessary for the development of an inverted population among the energy levels of free atoms in a medium exposed to radiation in spectral nonequilibrium. In particular, we focus on monochromatic radiation occurring as a result of an accidental wavelength coincidence between a pumping emission line and a pumped absorption line in two different elements. We examine especially the influence of "pseudometastable" states (at medium excitation) in the complex spectrum of Fe 11, which cause a "bottleneck" in the radiative decay leading to an inverted level population. We also discuss the effect of spectral compression of the Lyman continuum into H Ly-alpha radiation at a high effective temperature. In conclusion, we describe those differences between microwave astrophysical masers (APM) and optical astrophysical lasers (APL) that make the latter a more rare phenomenon in nature.

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