Energy Transfer in Singlet Oxygen and Bromine Monofluoride

Abstract

The interhalogen molecule, bromine monofluoride (BrF), is currently under study as a potential candidate for a visible chemical laser medium. Previous studies have shown a strong emission from BrF(B3II(O+)) in the presence of singlet oxygen. While singlet oxygen will pump BrF(X) to BrF(B), the exact mechanism is not known. Chemiluminescence observed from BrF(B) excited by oxygen in a gas flowtube was used to study the energy transfer mechanism. The objective of this research was fourfold. First, the pumping process was identified as a 3- Body Mechanism. Second, the observed vibrational distribution clearly showed the population of the BrF(B) state to be non-Maxwellian.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA230614

Entities

People

  • Barrett F. Lowe

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Blackbody Radiation
  • Chemical Lasers
  • Chemical Oxygen Iodine Lasers
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemiluminescence
  • Demography
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Emission
  • Emission Spectra
  • Energy
  • Energy Levels
  • Energy Transfer
  • Lasers
  • Oxygen
  • Spectroscopy
  • United States Military Academy

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers