Pulsed Infrared Laser System to Study Metal Ion Solvation

Abstract

A new Nd:YAG laser was purchased using AFOSR-DURIP funds and this laser was incorporated into a new infrared laser spectroscopy system based on emerging OPO/OPA technology. This laser is now employed in the study of the IR spectroscopy of size-selected metal ion complexes. Initial results have been obtained for Mg(+) and Fe(+) ions in complexes with CO2 and in mixed CO2/Ar complexes. The initial results are quite promising, and they suggest that this IR spectroscopy methodology will become a general way to determine the structures of clusters and to investigate their growth dynamics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA395168

Entities

People

  • Michael A Duncan

Organizations

  • University of Georgia

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Dynamics
  • Free Electrons
  • Frequency Combs
  • Ground State
  • Infrared Lasers
  • Infrared Spectroscopy
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Lasers
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Small Molecules
  • Solvation
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometry
  • Spectroscopy

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Chemistry

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy