| Pumping | | | |
1 | | Eq. (13) from Ref. [10] | | [10] |
| Relaxation | | | |
2 | | | | [11] |
| | Å2 | | |
| | | | [12] |
| Lasing | | | |
3 | | Eq. (20) from Ref. [10] | | [10] |
| Spontaneous
emission | | | |
4 | | | | [13] |
5 | | | | [13] |
| Quenching | | | |
6 | | Å2 | | [11] |
7 | | Å2 | | [11] |
| Photoexcitation | | | |
8 | and | Eq. (13) from Ref. [14] with broadening
rate of 60 MHz/torr | | [15,16] |
| Energy pooling | | | [8,15] |
9 | | Å2 | | |
10 | | Å2 | | |
11 | | Å2 | | |
12 | | Å2 | | |
13 | | Å2 | | |
14 | | Å2 | | |
| Spontaneous emission | | | [17] |
15 | | | | |
16 | | | | |
17 | | | | |
18 | | | | |
19 | | | | |
20 | | | | |
21 | | | | |
22 | | | | |
23 | | | | |
| Photoionization | | | |
24 | | for for | | [8,15] |
| Penning
ionization | | | |
25 | , total 10
reactions | | for and for | [8,15] |
| Recombination | | | [18]b |
26 | | | | |
27 | | | | |
28 | | | | |
29 | | | | |
30 | | | | |
| Quenching
of the higher levels | | | |
31 | | | | [19] |
32 | | | | [19] |
33 | | | | [19] |
| | | | |
34 | | | | [20]b |
35 | | | | [20] |
36 | | | | [20] |
37 | | | | [20] |
38 | | | | [20] |
| Electron
heating and energy losses | | | |
39 | | | | [18] |
40 | | | | [18] |
41 | | | | [18] |