Fundamental Studies of a High Energy Molecular System: Spectroscopy of Boron in Hydrogen Clusters. ASSERT-92

Abstract

The graduate student and the undergraduates supported by this AASERT award have designed and fabricated a molecular beam spectroscopy apparatus for the study of metal-hydrogen complexes. This instrument is necessary for accomplishing the tasks set out for both the parent award and the AASERT grant. The students have also aided in the design of both a novel cryogenically-cooled laser vaporization source and a second chamber, currently being fabricated, for resonant multiphoton ionization spectroscopy. They have optimized the collection of UV laser-induced fluorescence spectra using a free jet expansion of benzene, and are now beginning their first studies of metal-hydrogen systems with the prototype HEDM system Al.H2.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 24, 1994
Accession Number
ADA283181

Entities

People

  • Mitchio Okumura

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Agreements
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Fluorescence
  • High Energy
  • Hydrogen
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Lasers
  • Molecular Beams
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Vacuum Chambers
  • Vaporization

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy