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An experimental and theoretical study of VUV radiation in electron-beam excited xenon was undertaken. Fluorescence was observed with efficiencies approaching 50 percent for pressures above 1 atm and modest cell currents (≤ 5 A/cm2). Lasing was also observed at pressures ≥ 2 atm but the presence of premature laser pulse termination reduced efficiencies to < 1 percent. Several possible causes of this premature pulse termination were investigated.
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Duzy et al. (1980) studied this question.
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