title: Ultraminiature high-power gas discharge lasers excited through high dielectric constant ceramic materials.
abstract: The authors show that millimeter-size high-pressure UV nitrogen lasers can be excited through high dielectric constant materials and provide peak beam powers of 10(4)-10(5) W.
authors.affiliation: National Physical Research Laboratory, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hasson
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: von Bergmann
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Jones