O2(1 Delta)-I Atom Energy Transfer Studies: CW Inversion on 1.315-Micrometer I-Atom Transition.
Abstract
Low-temperature ozone photolysis (LTOP) has been developed as a cw source of O2(a 1Delta g). This method yielded large O2(1 Delta)/O2(3 Sigma) ratios in a chemically clean system. Iodine was injected into a flowing stream of the LTOP products, and the fast energy-transfer process between O2(1 Delta) and I(2P(3/2) created a population inversion,(I(2P(1/2))/(I(2P(3/2))) > or = 0.5, on the I-atom laser transition at 1.315 micrometers. The development of quantitative diagnostic techniques for the O2-I2 system and their application to both electrical discharge and LTOP generation of O2(a 1Delta g) are described in this report. Emphasis is on the scaling required to produce a cw I-atom laser based on this latter experimental method. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 15, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA049028
Entities
People
- Carrol E. Gardner
- John G. Coffer
- Raymond F. Heidner Iii
Organizations
- The Aerospace Corporation