Accession Number:
AD0767191
Title:
Lasing from the Upper Vibrational Levels of a Flash-Initiated H2-F2 Laser.
Descriptive Note:
Rept. for May-Jul 72,
Corporate Author:
AEROSPACE CORP EL SEGUNDO CALIF LAB OPERATIONS
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Report Date:
1973-09-15
Pagination or Media Count:
19.0
Abstract:
Lasing on the v 6 to 5 and 5 to 4 vibration-rotation bands has been observed in the time-resolved spectral output of a He-diluted H2-F2 chain reaction chemical laser. The HF lasing molecules were produced by the reaction of a 50-torr mixture of mole ratio H2F2He 0.5140 initiated by flash photolysis of the F2. Strong lasing was found from all P-branch vibration-rotation bands from v 6 to 5 to 1 to 0. Within some bands, the time sequence of transitions suggests non-Boltzmann distributions of the rotational states. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy