1. S. A. Colgate and A. W. Trivelpiece,Advances in Quantum Electronics, edited by J. R. Singer (Columbia University Press, New York, 1961), p. 287.
2. G. Fonda-Bonardi, “Plasma-Impingement Mechanism for High Power Laser Pumping,” presented at the Ohio State University Symposium on Lasers and Applications, November 1962.
3. Measurements of energy transfer efficiency in the pulsed ring discharge are discussed in some detail in R. A. Brandewie, “The Interaction of Electromagnetic Waves with a Shock IIeated Plasma,” thesis, Carnegie Institute of Technology, January 1963.
4. J. S. Hitt, J. M. Feldman, and R. A. Brandewie, “Laser Pumping with Electrodeless Discharges in Rare Gases” (to be published).
5. An analysis of time integrated spectra from the theta pinch in xenon is presented in Ref. 4.