Spectroscopy of Selected Diatomic Metal and Metal-Oxide Molecules Using Laser Excited Fluroescence.

Abstract

A laboratory system has been developed for the gas phase production of diatomic metal-oxides, and a program has been initiated for the spectroscopic study of these molecules using the techniques of laser excited fluorescence. Metal-oxides were produced from the following metals: Al, Ba, Be, Mg, Fe, Pb, and Sn. These molecules were produced chemically in a flowing gas system by mixing metal vapor with an oxidant. Chemiluminescence invariably accompanied the formation of metal-oxides in this system. Laser excited fluorescence was shown to be useful for determining molecular constants, studying collisional processes, and for measuring radiative lifetimes and quenching cross sections. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0737753

Entities

People

  • Stanley Ernest Johnson

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemiluminescence
  • Fluorescence
  • Metal Oxides
  • Metal Vapors
  • Molecules
  • Oxides
  • Production
  • Quenching
  • Spectroscopy
  • Vapors

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers