Accession Number:

ADA000370

Title:

Vapor Mirrors for Optical Filtering.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

POLYTECHNIC INST OF BROOKLYN FARMINGDALE N Y DEPT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1974-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

58.0

Abstract:

Selective reflection from mercury vapor at oblique incidence is studied at 2537A. A narrowband optical vapor filter based on oblique specular reflection from vapors is described. The device consists of a mercury vapor cell with Brewster angle windows which selectively reflects the 2537A line and transmits other radiation. The bandwidth of the device varies from 0.1A to 1.0A as a function of the mercury vapor pressure. It is used to perform a spectrochemical analysis of mercury in water and also to take a monochromatic photograph of the spatial distribution of excited mercury atoms in a flame. Modified author abstract

Subject Categories:

  • Physical Chemistry
  • Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
  • Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE