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The milestones in the development of researches connected with metal vapor lasers, which have been carried out at V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, since its first days are considered. Some of the most interesting fundamental and applied results are presented. A fairly extensive list of related works, published mainly in the past twenty years, is given.

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The authors express deep gratitude to all colleagues who took and are taking part in the scientific activities of the QE department/laboratory in different periods, and whose contribution to the solution of numerous problems connected with the development of MVLs and systems on their basis is difficult to be overestimated.

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Dimaki, V.A., Sokovikov, V.G., Torgaev, S.N. et al. Metal Vapor Lasers. Atmos Ocean Opt 33, 69–79 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856020010066

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