Transient Behaviors in Chemical Reactions: Nanosecond Infrared Spectroscopy, Chemically Pumped Visible and Near-IR Lasers

Abstract

An excimer laser with pulse duration of 28 ns FWHM and average power at 248 nm of 530 mj per pulse was purchased and used as a photolysis source to accompany an existing nanosecond infrared spectrometer. With this system, transient molecular species with lifetimes as short as ten nanoseconds can be investigated. Gaseous CF31 was photolyzed to produce CF3 radicals whose infrared spectra around 1250 wavenumbers were taken at selected delay times. At very short delays highly vibrationally excited radicals are found, and a measure of vibrational relaxation rates can be made. Final report, AFOSR-87-0044, 22 Jun 88, 'Transient Behaviors in Chemical Reactions: Nanosecond Infrared Spectroscopy, Chemically Pumped Visible and Near-IR Lasers'. Carbon trifluoride.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA198484

Entities

People

  • George C. Pimentel

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Dye Lasers
  • Excimer Lasers
  • Infrared Pulses
  • Infrared Spectra
  • Infrared Spectrometers
  • Infrared Spectroscopy
  • Lasers
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Nanosecond Time
  • Photolysis
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometers
  • Spectroscopy
  • Vibrational Relaxation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers