Kinetics of excimer formation in lasers utilizing rare gas–fluorine mixtures

An investigation was made of the intensity of excimer emission bands in Ar–F₂, Ar–Kr–F₂, and Kr–Xe–F₂ gas mixtures as a function of pressure and temperature. The observed increase in the spontaneous and stimulated emission intensities at the 248 nm wavelength with rising temperature in an Ar–Kr–F₂ mixture is associated with energy redistribution between KrF*, ArKrF*, and Kr₂F* excimers.