A review is given of the available information on the active media of excimer lasers and specific examples of such lasers are considered. These utilize transitions between molecular terms, the lower of which is repulsive. An analysis of the elementary processes resulting in the excitation of excimer lasers is used to determine their optimal parameters.

RT Journal
T1 Excimer lasers
A1 Eletskii,A.V.
PB Physics-Uspekhi
PY 1978
FD 10 Jun, 1978
JF Physics-Uspekhi
JO Phys. Usp.
VO 21
IS 6
SP 502-521
DO 10.1070/PU1978v021n06ABEH005558
LK https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1978/6/b/