Infrared Fluorescence Studies of Electronic-to-Vibrational Energy Transfer in a Br2:NO System

Abstract

Steady-state photolysis techniques were used to study electronic-to- vibrational energy transfer mechanisms from atomic bromine to nitric oxide. Molecular bromine was photodissociated by 488nm radiation to produce equal parts Br(2pp sub 1/2) and Br(2p sub 3/2). Side fluorescence intensity from Br(2p sub 1 /2) at 2.7 microns and from No (v =1 and 2 around 5.3 microns measured as a function of bromine pressure and nitric oxide pressure. The branching ratio collisional transfer into the first and second states of NO was determined, and previously reported rates for quenching of NO by molecular bromine were verified.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA273727

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  • Michael R. Hawks

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  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplifiers
  • Argon Lasers
  • Detectors
  • Energy
  • Energy Levels
  • Energy Transfer
  • Exclusion Principle
  • Ion Lasers
  • Laser Applications
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Measurement
  • Molecules
  • Optics
  • Radiation
  • Steady State

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  • Physics

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  • Analytical Mechanics
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

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  • Microelectronics