Role of highly efficient collisions in collisional transfer of vibrational energy in benzophenone-foreign gas mixtures

Collisional losses of vibrational energy in mixtures of benzophenone excited by nitrogen laser radiation (λ=337 nm) and foreign gases (Ar, Kr, SF₆, C₅H₁₂) were studied by time-resolved delayed luminescence. It is established that the intensities and rates of decay of the fast and slow components of delayed luminescence can be used to evaluate the characteristics of V–V– and V–T–transfer of vibrational energy. For the V-V-process, the efficiencies and mean energies transferred in a collision are determined. It is shown that in the mixture with multiatomic gases, vibrational equilibrium is reached after a few collisions, the number of which decreases as the molecule of the foreign gas becomes more complicated. The V–V–process is characterized by high efficiencies of collisions typical for “supercollisions”. The experimental characteristics of V-V-transfer correlate well with ergodic transfer of vibrational energy predicted by statistical theories. 0120 0126 V 3 Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics of the National Academy of Science of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 3, pp. 340–345, May–June, 1998.     

Dynamics of processes occurring in laser ablation of metals in a liquid

We present the results of investigations undertaken to establish relationships between certain characteristics of the disintegration of metals in air and liquid under laser radiation and their thermophysical properties, as well as between the basic parameters of a gas cavity formed in a liquid and the energy of the laser ablation products of metals. Consideration is given to the possibilities of applying the dynamic properties of this cavity to control the time behavior of the radiation of solid-state lasers and to solve spectroanalytical problems. Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave, Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 5, pp. 668–673, September–October, 1997.     

Polarized fluorescence of radicals in photodissociation of disulfides in the gas phase

The polarization of the fluorescence of radicals formed in laser-induced photodissociation of some disulfides in the gas phase is measured. Experimental data obtained in the study are interpreted within the free recoil model. It is shown that polarization experiments carried out to investigate photodecay in vapors allow researchers to uniquely the intramolecular direction of the dipole moments of transitions with absorption and emission. Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 66, No. 1, pp. 54–59, January–February, 1999.     

Energy yield of fluorescence of complex organic compounds upon electron excitation

With use of electron energy loss spectra for vapors of anthracene, perylene, 1,4[di(2,5-phenyloxazolyl)] benzene, and paratherphenyl the energy yields of fluorescence are calculated for electron collision. It is shown that they are considerably smaller than those for optical excitation conditions. Deceased Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 146–148, January–February, 1998.     

Long-lived luminescence of complex molecules

Results of investigations of all types of long-lived luminescence of organic molecules in the gas phase and condensed media are presented. Methods for identification and separation of contributions of phosphorescence and thermally activated fluorescence in long-lived luminescence of organic-molecule vapors are proposed. Energy transfer and migration processes in the case of the inductive-resonant mechanism of intermolecular interaction leading to the appearance of sensitized phosphorescence and annihilation-induced delayed fluorescence are considered. Experimental results on energy migration obtained for solid solutions of organic compounds are analyzed within the framework of the concepts of percolation theory with account for the microscopic inhomogeneity of the systems under investigation and the fractal properties of the clusters of activator molecules. Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, F. Skorina Ave., 70, Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 5, pp. 662–674, September–October, 1998.     

Influence of optical feedback on macroscopic quantum-noise-induced fluctuations in stimulated RS

Results of an experimental study of optical feedback as a method to suppress quantum-noise-induced macroscopic fluctuations in the emission of stimulated RS are reported. Statistic changes in the energy of Stokes pulses in the linear mode of scattering and those in the amplitudes of solition-like pulses in the nonlinear mode are shown. A decrease in the normal standard deviation of fluctuations is attained for both modes. B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 4, pp. 450–457, July–August, 1997.     

Properties of lasers based on vapors and solutions of complex organic compounds

We present the most important results of investigations of lasers based on vapors and solutions of complex organic compounds. We investigated the effect of a foreign gas, the duration and intensity of the exciting pulse, the temperature of the active medium, and the spectroscopic parameters of the material on the generation characteristics of complex molecules in the gas phase. The special features of generation of radiation by a laser with distributed feedback in transition from a condensed to the gas phase in heating the active medium are considered. It is suggested that the polarization characteristics of the radiation generated by a vapor laser be used to investigate the laws that govern the relaxation of optically induced anisotropy of excited molecules of the active medium. Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 5, pp. 709–720, September–October, 1998.     

Photophysics ofβ-carotene and related compounds (review)

A review of data on the photophysics of carotenoids is presented. Results of investigations of spectroscopic, temporal, and energy parameters of excited S₁ and S₂ singlet states of β-carotene and related compounds are critically examined. These states give rise to extremely high probabilities (10¹¹–10¹³ sec⁻¹) of radiationless deactivation of the electronic excitation energy in carotenoids. Results of investigations of photophysical properties of triplet states of carotenoids are considered mainly from the standpoint of quenching of singlet oxygen and triplet states of organic molecules by carotenoids. Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 5–19, January–February, 1997.     

Production of SO 3 − ion-radicals in barium dithionate exposed to ionizing radiation

Institute of Physicoorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 13, Surganov Str., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 258–263, March–April, 1996.     

Spectroscopic study of the interaction between porphyrin and chlorin molecules of opposite charge in solutions

Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, 220072, 70, F. Skorina Ave., Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 152–163, March–April, 1995.     

Picosecond dynamics of intramolecular charge transfer in benzophenone amino derivatives

Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70 F. Skaryna Ave, Minsk 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 49–55, May–June, 1995.     

Temperature dependence of the width of spectral holes: Octaethylporphin in polymer matrices

Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 145–150, March–April, 1995.     

Relationship between the diffusion rate constant and rate constant of triplet-triplet annihilation for porphyrins in liquid solutions

Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70. F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 613–621, July–August, 1996.     

Reflection and Absorption of Conical and Bessel Light Beams by Cylindrical Objects

The problem of reflection and refraction of a conical beam at the boundary of an object of cylindrical shape is solved analytically. The amplitude and energy coefficients of reflection for a field of variable polarization are calculated. The light energy absorption in a cylindrical object and its distribution over the cross section are investigated. The advantage of using conical beams of light for probing cylindrically shaped objects, including biological ones, is shown. Presented at the 5th International Scientific-Technical Conference “Quantum Electronics,” November 22–25, 2004, Minsk, Belarus. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 5, pp. 664–669, September–October, 2005.     

Influence of the energy spectrum of structural defects on the degradation rate in AlGaAs light-emitting heterodiodes

The energy spectrum of deep levels in the depleted region of the p-n-transition of AlGaAs light-emitting heterodiodes has been investigated by the method of tunneling spectroscopy. It is shown that the rate of change of the forward current, characterizing the intensity of degradation processes in light-emitting diodes, is interrelated with electronic states of structural defects in the space-charge region (SCR) of the p-n-transition. The maximum value of this parameter is determined by the presence of donor complexes with ionization energies of 0.99 and 1.1 eV in the SCR of the p-n-transition. Institute of Electronics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 22, Logoiskii Trakt, 220090, Minsk, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 298–302, March–April, 1998.     

The nature of empirical constants in the equation relating the frequency of the stretching vibration of oh-groups to parameters of the [MO n ]-polyhedrons coordinating these groups

Institute of Physicoorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 220603, Minsk, Ul. Surganova, 13, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 104–107, January–February, 1995.     

Franck-Condon transitions and thermodynamics of photoinduced processes of orientational relaxation in polar solutions

Polar luminescence probe+polar medium subsystems are considered. True minimization parameters of the free energy F are obtained. It is shown that Franck-Condon transitions between F-terms of different electronic states are generally not “vertical”. A complete thermodynamic classification of photoinduced processes of orientational relaxation in the excited S₁ and ground S₀ states is presented. Depending on the excitation conditions they can be either exo- or endothermic, spontaneous or induced (not spontaneous), and accompanied by an increase or decrease in entropy. Indifferent processes also take place. Regularities of shifts of fluorescence spectral bands and burned holes in time-resolved experiments are discussed. Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 6, pp. 753–765, November–December, 1997.     

Special features of the use of wedge-shaped plates in a two-channel polarimeter

B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70 F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 62, No. 6, pp. 170–173, November–December, 1995.     

NMR tomography in an unstable and inhomogeneous polarizing magnetic field

A method of NMR imaging and elimination of image distortions in an inhomogeneous and unstable polarizing magnetic field is developed. An algorithm is given to determine the plane shifts of signals caused by a change in the magnetic field. Institute of Applied Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 16, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Priklanoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 66, No. 2, pp. 270–274, March–April, 1999.     

Resonance raman spectra of π-anions of Zn-porphyrins

Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 128–136, March–April, 1995.