Editing Xenon (section)

==== Lasers ====
In 1962, a group of researchers at [[Bell Labs|Bell Laboratories]] discovered laser action in xenon,<ref>{{cite journal
| first   = C. K. N.
| last    = Patel
| author2 = Bennett Jr., W. R.
| author3 = Faust, W. L.
| author4 = McFarlane, R. A.
| title   = Infrared spectroscopy using stimulated emission techniques
| volume  = 9
| issue   = 3
| date    = August 1, 1962
| pages   = 102–4
| journal = Physical Review Letters
| doi     = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.9.102
| bibcode = 1962PhRvL...9..102P
}}</ref> and later found that the laser gain was improved by adding [[helium]] to the lasing medium.<ref>{{cite journal
| first      = C. K. N.
| last       = Patel
| author2    = Faust, W. L.
| author3    = McFarlane, R. A.
| title      = High gain gaseous (Xe-He) optical masers
| journal    = Applied Physics Letters
| volume     = 1
| issue      = 4
| pages      = 84–85
| date       = December 1, 1962
| doi        = 10.1063/1.1753707
| bibcode    = 1962ApPhL...1...84P
| doi-access = free
}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal
| first   = W. R.
| last    = Bennett, Jr.
| title   = Gaseous optical masers
| journal = Applied Optics
| volume  = 1
| issue   = S1
| year    = 1962
| pages   = 24–61
| doi     = 10.1364/AO.1.000024
| bibcode = 1962ApOpt...1S..24B
}}</ref> The first [[excimer laser]] used a xenon [[Dimer (chemistry)|dimer]] (Xe<sub>2</sub>) energized by a beam of electrons to produce [[stimulated emission]] at an [[ultraviolet]] wavelength of 176 [[nanometre|nm]].<ref name="basov">{{cite journal
| doi     = 10.1070/QE1971v001n01ABEH003011
| last    = Basov
| first   = N. G.
| author2 = Danilychev, V. A.
| author3 = Popov, Yu. M.
| title   = Stimulated Emission in the Vacuum Ultraviolet Region
| journal = Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics
| year    = 1971
| volume  = 1
| issue   = 1
| pages   = 18–22
| bibcode = 1971QuEle...1...18B
}}</ref>
Xenon chloride and xenon fluoride have also been used in excimer (or, more accurately, exciplex) lasers.<ref>{{cite web
| url          = http://www.safetyoffice.uwaterloo.ca/hse/laser/documents/laser_types.html
| title        = Laser Output
| publisher    = University of Waterloo
| access-date  = October 7, 2007
| archive-date = July 6, 2011
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706212050/http://www.safetyoffice.uwaterloo.ca/hse/laser/documents/laser_types.html
| url-status   = dead
}}</ref>