Design and Construction of a Flash Photolysis System for Laser Studies,

Abstract

A flash photolysis apparatus has been designed and constructed. A maximum versatility in experimental arrangements has been incorporated within its design and initial special experiments and actinometry confirm expected results. The hydrofluoric acid-carbon dioxide gas-phase laser system has been chosen as the object of an intensive study of gas laser energy transfer mechanisms. Since the vibrationally and rotationally excited hydrofluoric acid molecule HF* can be produced photochemically by a variety of photoelimination processes and since hydrofluoric acid has a well resolved vibration-rotation spectrum (due to its small moment of inertia, I, and large rotational constant B), the hydrofluoric acid and carbon dioxide HF* + CO2 gas-phase laser system appears to be an excellent candidate for further examination by flash photolysis of energy transfer mechanisms in gas lasers. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 1970
Accession Number
AD0716000

Entities

People

  • C. L. Currie
  • T. L. Burks

Organizations

  • Georgetown University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acids
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Construction
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Gas Lasers
  • Hydrofluoric Acid
  • Inertia
  • Lasers
  • Molecules
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Photolysis
  • Rotation
  • Spectra

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Surface Engineering/Surface Coating Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers