The possibility of obtaining a high specific input energy in an electron-beam sustained discharge ignited in oxygen gas mixtures O 2 : Ar : CO (or H 2) at the total gas pressures of 10-100 Torr was experimentally demonstrated. The specific input energy per molecular component exceeded ∼6 kJ l −1 atm −1 (150 kJ mol −1) as a small amount of carbon monoxide was added into a gas mixture of oxygen and argon. It was theoretically demonstrated that one might expect to obtain a singlet delta oxygen yield of 25% exceeding its threshold value needed for an oxygen-iodine laser operation at room temperature, when maintaining a non-self-sustained discharge in oxygen gas mixtures with molecular additives CO, H 2 or D 2. The efficiency of singlet delta oxygen production can be as high as 40%.

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Transient stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) of 0.3 ps 515 nm laser pulses in B a W O 4 crystal was experimentally demonstrated with efficiency up to ∼ 20 % for the Stokes component with a wavenumber of ∼ 925 c m − 1 in a simple single-pass geometry. This anomalous high efficiency was obtained due to the laser pulse self-phase modulation resulting in spectral broadening and seeding the SRS. The applicability of seed pulse production for a high-pressure sub-picosecond C O 2 laser amplifier via difference frequency generation in L i G a S 2 crystal was numerically verified.