Alkali Atom - Tetrahaloethylene Chemiluminescent Reactions.

Abstract

The object of this research project was to investigate new vapor phase chemiluminescent reactions between alkali atoms and halide molecules in order to discover promising candidates for short-wavelength chemical lasers. Many reactions were studied and several of these were found to produce visible emission from electronically excited molecules. Five of these reactions produced molecules that had either vibrationally inverted populations in the excited state or had transitions to high lying vibrational levels of the ground state, making them potential chemical laser candidates.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 22, 1986
Accession Number
ADA172298

Entities

People

  • John J. Wright

Organizations

  • University of New Hampshire

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Atoms
  • Availability
  • Chemical Lasers
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Emission
  • Governments
  • Ground State
  • Molecules
  • New Hampshire
  • Phase
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • Short Wavelengths
  • United States
  • Vapor Phases

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics