Comparative Investigation on the Excitation of Copper Emission Lines Between Argon and Helium Spark Discharge Plasmas

The emission intensities and the signal‐to‐background ratios (SBRs) of copper emission lines in the wavelength range 200–360 nm were observed from a medium‐voltage spark discharge plasma when argon or helium was employed as the surrounding gas. The observed copper spectra comprised Cu(I) lines having excitation energy of 3.8–9.3 eV, and Cu(II) lines assigned to three different transitions: 3d ⁸4p–3d ⁸4s transition (excitation energy of 8.2–9.2 eV), 3d ⁸5s–3d ⁸4p transition (13.4–13.6 eV), and the 3d ⁸4d–3d ⁸4p transition (14.2–14.8 eV). The Cu(I) lines have much smaller intensities in the helium plasma compared with the argon plasma, whereas the Cu(II) lines have similar intensities between both plasmas. The SBRs of some ionic copper lines are larger in the helium plasma compared with the argon plasma. Therefore, when an ionic line has to be measured in the analytical applications, the helium plasma should be recommended.     

Ion track effect on point defect production in SiC

Low-temperature (40 K) photoluminescence (PL) measurements were used to follow the defect formation induced in the 4H-SiC epitaxial layer by irradiation with 200 keV H⁺ and 800 keV C⁺ in the fluence range of 5×10⁹–3.5×10¹² ions/cm². After irradiation, the PL spectra show the formation of some sharp lines, called “alphabet lines”, located in the wavelength range of 425–443 nm, due to the recombination of excitons at structural defects induced by ion beams. The analysis of luminescence line intensity versus ion fluence allows us to mark two different groups of peaks, namely the P1 group (e, f and g lines) and the P2 group (a, b, c and d lines). The normalised yield of P1 group lines increases with ion fluence and reaches a maximum value, while the normalised yield of P2 group lines exhibits a threshold fluence and then increases until a saturation value is reached. These different trends indicate that, while the P1 group lines are related to the primary defects created by ion beams (interstitial defects, vacancies), the P2 group lines can be associated with some complex defects (divacancy, antisites). The trends are similar for irradiation with H⁺ and C⁺ ions; however, the defect formation occurs in the fluence range of 5×10⁹–10¹¹ ions/cm² for C⁺ irradiation and 10¹¹–4×10¹² ions/cm² for H⁺ irradiation. Taking into account the different values of energy deposited in elastic collision, a dependence on the ion type was found: the C⁺ ion results in being less effective in defect production as a higher defect recombination occurs inside its dense cascade.     

Experimental study of Stark broadened N II lines from states of high orbital angular momentum

In this paper, we report experimental electron impact widths for six spectral lines belonging to 3d-4f transitions of singly ionized nitrogen. Line profiles were measured in a low pressure pulsed arc. An electron density in the range 5.9–7.5 × 10²²m^-3 was determined from the Stark width of the He II 4686 Å line, while electron temperatures of 28,300–32,300 K were measured using relative intensities of O II impurity lines. Comparison with semiempirical theoretical results does not resolve which coupling scheme, LS or LK, is better to describe atomic states in Stark broadening calculations of certain N II lines.     

Self-broadening of principal series lines of rubidium at high number densities and oscillator strengths

The self-broadening of principal series lines of rubidium and the corresponding oscillator strengths have been measured using a steel absorption tube heated up in an electric furnace. The line profiles were obtained from absorption measurements using a grating spectrograph of high resolution in the temperature range of 340–490 °C; the number densities varied from 5 · 10¹⁶ to 8 · 10¹⁷cm^?3. The half widths deduced from the absorption profiles disagree with the classical impact approximation based on dipole-dipole interaction but approach closely the asymptotic values of the quantum-mechanical Reinsberg theory and of the “short-range”-calculations of Presnyakov. Oscillator strengths for the higher series lines were evaluated from the spectra agreeing very well with the asymptoticn ^*?3-hydrogen-like slope of the values.     

The ultraviolet absorption spectra of GeO in rare gas matrices

The absorption spectra of GeO isolated in rare gas matrices have been investigated in the wavelength region 1150–3000 Å using the 2.5-GeV synchrotron in Bonn as a continuum light source. Two vibrational progressions of bands have been found in each of the matrices, in neon, argon, krypton, and xenon. These progressions are situated in the regions 2400–2700 and 1800–2100 Å. They have been analyzed as corresponding to gas-phase bands of the A¹Π-X¹Σ⁺ and the E¹Σ⁺-X¹Σ⁺ systems, respectively. Absorption lines of matrix-isolated GeO were also found in the region 1180–1500 Å.     

Satellites,hypersatellites and RAE from Ti,V, Cr,Mn and Fe in photoionisation

K x‐ray satellites, hypersatellites and lines due to radiative Auger effect (RAE) of Ti, V, Cr, Mn and Fe were measured after exciting the samples with Ag bremsstrahlung at 35 kV. All the lines were measured with the ‘Spectroscan VY’ spectrometer of Spectron—OPTEL, Russia, in which a curved LiF(200) crystal was used. The spectra were deconvoluted using Voigt functions, and the peak positions of the satellites and hypersatellites were determined with errors of ± (1–5) eV. The energy shifts of the satellite lines with respect to their parent lines were also obtained. Multi‐configuration Dirac–Fock (MCDF) calculations with the inclusion of higher‐order corrections were carried out to predict the peak positions of the satellite and hypersatellite lines. Our data were then compared with our own calculated values and also with the data of others. Our measured energy shifts for K_αL¹, K_αL², K_α^h and K_βL¹, when compared with our MCDF calculations, show a maximum deviation of 8, 12, 2 and 20% respectively. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Absolute Line Intensities in the 2ν3Band of16O12C32S

The strengths of 100 lines in the 2ν₃band of¹⁶O¹²C³²S have been measured at high resolution in the spectral range 4069–4118 cm⁻¹, using a tunable difference-frequency laser spectrometer. These intensities were obtained by fitting Voigt profiles to the measured shapes of the lines. The vibrational transition moment [(2.141 ± 0.020) × 10⁻²D] and the absolute intensity (16.19 ± 0.24 cm⁻²atm⁻¹at 296 K) of the 2ν₃band of¹⁶O¹²C³²S are determined from these linestrength measurements.     

Laser-Stark spectrum of NH3 with the CO laser: Determination of the ground state dipole moment

Results from analysis of sub-Doppler laser-Stark spectra of ¹⁴NH₃ obtained using a CO laser and an intracavity Stark cell are given. Over 1500 Lamb dips have been identified, associated with about 200 NH₃ lines. The data are analyzed to determine relative frequencies between the laser lines and the NH₃ lines. In favorable cases this can be done with an accuracy of 5–10 MHz. Analyses of a portion of the data yield the expression for the ground state dipole moment in Debye, μ^H(J, K) = 1.47182(30) + 1.654(190) × 10^?4J(J + 1) ? 3.095(300) × 10^?4K².     

Saturated absorption Stark spectroscopy of CH3OH with CO2 lasers

The vibration-torsion-rotation spectrum of CH₃OH has been studied by saturated absorption spectroscopy in applied electric fields up to 20 kV/cm, using ¹²C¹⁶O₂ and ¹²C¹⁶O₂ lasers. Frequency offsets for 129 absorption lines were measured relative to the frequency of a fluorescence stabilized reference laser with an accuracy of ±0.5 MHz for 75 lines inside the ±40 MHz tuning range and 2–5% for lines located up to 1.2 GHz outside the tuning range, but Stark tuned into resonance. For 36 lines we obtained fully-resolved Stark spectra, allowing determination of both lower and upper state K. Using this information in combination with information available from optically-pumped FIR laser emission, a total of 44 lines were completely assigned as transitions involving torsional n = 0, 1, 2 and 3 states of the CO stretch. Certain states belonging to n = 1 displayed an anomalous Stark effect which is at present not understood.     

Measurements of transition probabilities for doubly ionized vanadium

Transition probabilities of 43 doubly ionized V lines have been measured in the spectral range 2280–3600 Å. These lines belong to the 3d²4s–3d²4p transition array. Emission spectroscopy was used to obtain line intensities. The spectra were emitted from a He plasma with added VOCl₃ vapour in a wall-stabilized arc.     

LED-based Fourier-transform spectroscopy of H2 18O in the range 15000–15700 cm−1

The spectrum of H₂ ¹⁸O in the range 15000–15700 cm^?1 has been recorded for the first time on a Fourier-transform spectrometer using a high-brightness light-emitting diode as a radiation source. The measurements have been conducted at room temperature with a resolution of 0.05 cm^?1. A threshold sensitivity in absorption of 2 × 10^?7 cm^?1 has been achieved due to both the use of a light-emitting diode and optimization of the multipass cell with a base length of 60 cm, which ensured a 19.2-m length of the absorbing layer. A high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N = 2000–10000) made it possible to record about 670 water-vapor lines with intensities of 1.0 × 10^?26–2.2 × 10^–24 cm/mol at 296 K. The energies of 265 vibrational-rotational levels of the H₂ ¹⁸O molecule are determined and attributed to seven vibrational states, namely, (033), (113), (212), (231), (311), (330), and (410).     

Novel Comparative Synchronous Spectrofluorimetric Study of Benzo(a)pyrene Using Beta-Cyclodextrin and Calix(8)arene as Fluorescence Enhancers

Successfully benzo(a)pyrene could be quantitified in environmental samples by a novel synchronous spectrofluorimetric techniques at a constant wavelength difference Δλ?=?120 nm, using beta-cyclodextrin ‘β-CD’ and calix(8)arene as fluorescence enhancers, where a linear calibration curve was obtained in a concentration range of 900–14,400 pg mL^?1 and 18–360 pg mL^?1 and the detection limit of 380.00 pg mL^?1 and 12.08 pg mL^?1 (which is well below the maximum contaminant concentration for benzo(a)pyrene set by the Environmental Protection Agency ‘EPA’) using both enhancers, respectively. The method can be easily adopted for determination of benzo(a)pyrene in aqueous media including tap water, river water and complex water samples. The recoveries obtained were 85.13–113.36 % with RSD?<?4 %. The proposed method was validated according to International Conference of Harmonization (ICH) guide lines and successfully applied to determine benzo(a)pyrene in pure form and in water samples including contaminated environmental water samples. All the results obtained were compared with those of a published method, where no significant difference was observed.     

Saturated absorption experiments using a free running CW dye laser

The hyperfine structure of some new iodine lines has been observed over the tuning range of Rhodamine 6G (5800–6200 Å), using a free running, single mode cw dye laser. The resolution obtained in this experiment allowed to calculate the hyperfine constants of the excited state (³π₀⁺) of iodine with an accuracy of 2% for the quadrupole coupling constant and 50% for the magnetic one.     

High resolution diode laser measurements on the ν2 bands of 14NH3 and 15NH31

More than 500 lines in the ν₂ bands of ¹⁴NH₃ and ¹⁵NH₃ have been measured in the region 740–1200 cm^?1 with a diode laser spectrometer, with an accuracy better than 0.0005 cm^?1 for most of the lines. Wavenumbers (in cm^?1) were determined using a 3-in. Ge etalon for calibration and OCS, N₂O, NH₃, and CO₂ lines as references. The diode laser data were combined with pure inversion and inversion rotation frequencies and sets of rotational constants were obtained by the method of merged least squares. Perturbations between the Δk = ±3 levels have been taken into account in these calculations.     

Iron XII to XXII spectra measurements between 250 and 400 Å

This paper reports laboratory measurements of the spectrum of the most abundant transition Fe ions in the universe. Spectrum of iron of low-lying excited states has been observed in the wavelength range 250–400 Å at Chinese Institute of Atomic Energy on the HI-13 tandem accelerator with beams of 130 MeV. A number of spectral lines have been mainly classified as transitions of magnesium-, sodium-, neon-, fluorine-like ions. A total of 54 lines have been measured. Most of them have been mainly ascribed to 3s3p^k–3p^k+1, 3s²3p^k–3s3p^k+1, 2p⁵3s–2p⁵3p, 3s3d–3p3d and 2p⁵3p–2p⁵3d resonance transitions. These spectral lines have been identified, among which 21 are new and accurately measured. The analysis of the spectra was based on a comparison with other experimental results and calculated values.     

High pressure and emission spectra of Eu3+ in L-EuBO3

Effects of the high pressure on the emission spectra of Eu³⁺-activated L-EuBO₃ were considered at room temperature up to 100 kbar. The position of five 0–2 lines in the ⁵D₀→⁷F₂ transition region was determined. The pressure does not have the same effect on all these lines. In four of them, high pressure induced a red shift with different shift rates:+0.0022,+0.0035,+0.0034 and+0.0027 nm kbar^?1, respectively, whereas in the last one, high pressure induced a blue shift with shift rate?0.0034 nm kbar^?1. Possible reasons for the mentioned pressure effects on the line positions were considered.     

Stark broadening along homologous sequences of singly ionized noble gases

We report measured Stark widths for eight Ne II, eight Ar II, five Kr II and seven Xe II spectral lines, all belonging to np-nd doublets. A low-pressure, pulsed arc was used as a plasma source. Electron densities determined with an He-Ne laser quadrature interferometer cover the range of 0.9–1.4 × 10²³ m^-3. Electron temperatures, in the range of 23,000–28,500 K, were measured by using the relative intensities of 0 II impurity lines. Experimental data for Ne II and Ar II agree well with the results of semiclassical calculations, where the average ratio of measured to calculated data is 0.96. We show that the analyzed results of the experimental data for np-nd doublets, within multiplets and supermultiplets along homologous sequences, are in close agreement with those presented in an earlier study. Some difficulties are discussed in using systematic trends along homologous sequences of ions (or atoms) for the derivation of new data by extrapolation or interpolation.     

Intensity,transition moment,and bandshapes for the second overtone of compressed CO

Infrared spectra of the CO second overtone absorption band have been studied for pressures up to 156 bar. The absolute intensity, obtained from direct measurements of the total band, is found to be (1.27 ± 0.04) × 10^-2cm^-2Am^-1 at 298 K. Using the vibrational moments for the ground state and the transitions 0–1 to 0–4, we have evaluated the coefficients M₀ to M₄ of the quartic dipole moment function for CO and the coefficients of the vibration-rotation interaction functions. The normalized 0–3 band contours of compressed CO were first generated by summing the pressure-broadened rotational lines with Lorentz profiles. A discrepancy appears between calculated and observed bandshapes and increases with density. An empirical model, which involves the sum of CO self-broadened lines with profile described as the product of a Lorentz function by a fitted exponential function, gives reasonable agreement with the experiments. The interference effects resulting from overlapping lines have been estimated within the impact approximation.     

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The spectra of ruthenium and rhodium excited in a low-inductive vacuum spark have been obtained using a vacuum grazing-incidence spectrograph with a grating of 3600 lines/mm 3 m in radius in the range of 180–350 Å. The bidium-like spectra of Ru VIII and Rh IX were analyzed. Ten spectral lines of the 4p ⁶4d-4p ⁵4d ² transitions are identified and six energy levels in the 4p ⁵4d ² configuration with an excited internal electron were found for each ion for the first time.     

The microwave spectrum of methyl isothiocyanate

New measurements of microwave transitions of CH₃NCS in the region 14–40 GHz are reported. Assignments of several sets of lines in terms of the transitions expected for a pseudosymmetric-top molecule are suggested and a tentative extension of the analysis to cover all the k = 0 lines in our spectra and in the region 5–11 GHz is proposed. Preliminary calculations using a two-dimensional anharmonic oscillator model lead to a bending potential with a central hump of some 160 cm^?1, and a minimum-energy configuration at a CNC bond angle of about 147°. A correlation between rovibrational energy levels of a two-dimensional anharmonic oscillator and those of an asymmetric-top molecule with a bent skeleton and freely rotating methyl group is proposed.