Accession Number:

AD0412951

Title:

EXPERIMENTS WITH THE OPTICAL EXCITATION OF MERCURY VAPOR FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ISOLATED FLUORESCENCE,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO PHILADELPHIA PA MISSILE AND SPACE DIV

Personal Author(s):

• Zito,R.
• Schraeder,A.E.

Report Date:

1963-08-16

Pagination or Media Count:

22.0

Abstract:

Empirical data are presented for the preliminary intensity and resolution measurements made in the multiple-step induced fluorescencof mercury vapor. The primary contemplated application for such a process is the production of an isolated source of visible radiation in three-dimensional space. A dual optical excitation process is employed in conjunction with inelastic foreign gas molecule collision for the resultant spontaneous, visible fluorescence of excited mercury atoms. Details of the experimental apparatus and techniques employed are also given. Author

Descriptors:

• *ELECTROLUMINESCENCE
• *MERCURY
• EXCITATION
• DISPLAY SYSTEMS
• PHOSPHORUS
• SULFUR
• NITROGEN
• ATOMS
• PHOTONS
• ELECTRON TRANSITIONS

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE