Radiation and Laser Potential of Homo- and Hetero-Nuclear Rare-Gas Diatomic Molecules.

Abstract

Emission spectra from the vacuum ultraviolet to the visible region have been obtained from the rare gas dimers of helium, neon, argon and krypton and from the xenon oxide excimer. Several new discrete and diffuse bands together with both structured and unstructured continua have been observed and some have been tentatively identified with specific electronic states of the molecule. Several of these spectra appear only under specific excitation conditions and were thus revealed in this research for the first time. Significant new results for helium and argon dimers have been obtained. A study of the higher excited states of rare gas - oxide and sulfide excimer is underway. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA050465

Entities

People

  • William C. Walker
  • Yoshio Tanaka

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Spectra
  • Band Spectra
  • Diatomic Molecules
  • Electronic States
  • Emission
  • Emission Spectra
  • Energy Levels
  • Excitation
  • Frequency
  • Ground State
  • High Resolution
  • Molecules
  • Radio Frequency
  • Short Wavelengths
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics