A Chemical Singlet Molecular Oxygen Generator.
Abstract
A method of generating a continuous wave (cw) 'clean' stream of oxygen containing a large fraction in the singlet state has been developed based upon the base catalyzed chemical reaction of chlorine fluorosulfate and hydrogen peroxide. After the addition of molecular iodine a fast energy transfer process between O2 and I created a population inversion between the spin-orbit states of atomic iodine. This population inversion was directly observed in an optical double resonance experiment in which the excited spin-orbit state population was decreased as the transition was driven toward saturation by a pulsed iodine atom laser. The O2 generator, quantitative diagnostics, optical double resonance experiment, and lasing attempts are described in this report. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA062091
Entities
People
- A. T. Pritt
- D. Pilipovich
- I. B. Goldberg
- R. D. Coombe
- R. I. Wagner