We report the first observation to our knowledge of lasing at 26.1 and 30.4 nm in neonlike vanadium ions in a recent experiment conducted on the Asterix IV iodine laser at the Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik. The two lasing lines have been identified as the 3p¹S₀-3s³P₁ and 3p¹S₀-3s¹P₁ transitions in neonlike vanadium ions. The transition at 26.1 nm is the first of the 3p¹S₀-3s³P₁ transitions in neonlike ions that has been observed to lase, and it was observed to have a higher gain than the other transition. Spatially resolved measurements showed that the lasing for this transition occurs at a position slightly farther from the target surface than for the 3p¹S₀-3s¹P₁ one.

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