Fluorescence quenching in laser dyes by absorption from an excited singlet state

The effects of absorption of pump radiation from the first excited singlet state on the fluorescence quantum yield are calculated by numerical solution of simple rate equations, and compared with experiments performed earlier for the dye 7-diethylamino-4-methyl-coumarin at N₂-laser pumping. Analytical solutions for high and low pump intensities are found for the case of an optically thin solution.     

Numerical simulation of the mixing kinetics of an iodine-containing flow and the oxygen flow excited in the electric-discharge oxygen-iodine laser

A parametric analysis has been carried out to discover how the concentration of atomic oxygen in the O₂: O₂ (¹Δ_g): O flow and the degree of predissociation and concentration of molecular iodine in the I₂: He mixture affect the temperature regime and the formation of the inverse population at the atomic iodine laser transition at elevated pressures of P = 5–10 Torr in a simulated system with the axial injection of an I₂: He mixture in the EDSOG-excited oxygen flow.     

Features of kinetic processes in the active medium of a pulsed chemical oxygen-iodine laser

Conclusion It can be concluded from our experiments and calculations that the product CF₃O₂ of the interaction between the CF₃ radical and the O₂ molecule quenches the oxygen O₂(¹) more strongly. At low chlorine admixture density in the singlet-oxygen stream this output energy of the oxygen-iodine laser with CF₃I as the atomic iodine donor is lower compared with CH₃I. The rate constant of quenching singlet oxygen by CF₃O₂ molecules is (3–5)·10^–11 cm³·sec^–1. It would be possible to decrease the influence of CF₃O₂ by adding to the initial O₂ ^*–O₂–CF₃I–Ar active mixture some other substance causing the CF₃ radicals to enter in a chemical reaction with a shorter characteristic time than that for CF₃O₂ formation. Of course, neither the initial substance nor the reaction products should quench O₂ ^* noticeably. This role can be possibly assumed by the NO molecule.The influence of the chlorine additive on the output energy of a laser with CH₃I and CF₃I differs greatly. The choice of the chlorine donor must therefore be determined by the amount of this additive. CH₃I is preferable if the chlorine is fully utilized in the singlet-oxygen laser, and CF₃I in the opposite case.Quantum Radiophysics Division, Lebdev Physics Institute. Translation of Preprint No. 21 of the Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow, 1991.     

Formation of an alignment in collisions of laser excited sodium with xenon atoms

By photon absorption from a monomode dye-laser beam a spatially ordered velocity distribution (‘atomic beam’) of sodium atoms excited to the 3p ² P _1/2-state, is created. It is predicted theoretically that in collisions of these atoms with atoms of a heavy foreign gas an alignment of the electronic orbital angular momentum is produced. This alignment leads to the appearance of a linear polarization in the sensitizedD ₂-fluorescent light. This polarization is verified experimentally and interpreted in terms of a simplifiedT-operator. It turns out that the scattering distribution for sensitizing collision is of the wide-angle type.     

Experimental investigation of chemical oxygen-iodine laser

Results of an experimental investigation of a chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) are presented. We determine the factors influencing the efficiency of a chemical singlet-oxygen generator (SOG) of the bubbler type operating on the chlorination of an alkaline solution of oxygen peroxide. We describe SOG constructions. A cw COIL with output power up to 400 W is developed on the basis of the investigated SOG. The feasibility of a modular construction of high-power COIL is demonstrated. A power-output level of 1 kW was achieved with a two-section laser. The feasibility is analyzed of COIL operation in a pulsed regime by pulsed bulk accrual of iodine atoms. We show that in this regime the laser can be operated without a low-temperature trap. An advantage of such a regime is also the possibility of controlling, in a wide range, the lasing pulse duration. A strong influence of molecular chlorine on the energy content of the active medium is observed when alkyliodides are used as iodine donors. The possibilities of using a pulsed COIL for controlled thermonuclear fusion are discussed. Translated from Trudy Fizicheskogo Instituta im. P. N. Lebedeva Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Vol. 194, pp. 114–147 (1989).     

Electric generators of singlet delta oxygen for an oxygen-iodine laser

Experimental and theoretical research into electric generators of singlet delta oxygen (SDO) for an oxygen-iodine laser made at the Lebedev Physics Institute and TRINITI is discussed. Breakdown and current-voltage characteristics of self-sustained electric discharge in SDO were studied both experimentally and theoretically, indicating that SDO and pure oxygen have quite different electric features. The electric properties and spectroscopy of an e-beam sustained discharge (EBSD) in oxygen and oxygen gas mixtures were experimentally studied. A comprehensive numerical model describing SDO kinetics in different kinds of discharge was developed. The pulsed EBSD in pure oxygen and its mixtures with noble gases was shown to be very unstable and characterized by low input energy. When adding small amounts of carbon monoxide or hydrogen, the electric stability of the EBSD increases, the specific input energy (SIE) per molecular component being more than order of magnitude higher and coming to 6.5 kJ/(l atm(O₂ + CO)) for the gas mixture O₂: Ar: CO = 1: 1: 0.1. Theoretical calculations demonstrated that, for an SIE of 6.5 kJ/(l atm), the SDO yield may reach ∼20%, exceeding its threshold value needed for oxygen-iodine laser operation at room temperature. The calibration of the optical scheme for measuring the SDO absolute concentration and yield using the detection of luminescence of the SDO going from a chemical SDO generator was performed. The measurement of the SDO yield demonstrated that it was ∼10.5% for an SIE of ∼3.0 kJ/(l atm(O2 + CO)), which is about 1.5 times less than the results of theoretical calculations for such an SIE. SDO production in RF slab discharge ignited in oxygen gas mixtures was experimentally studied, experimental SDO yield being about 10%. The choice of electrode material was demonstrated to be very important. Original Text ? Astro, Ltd., 2006.     

Novel concept of electric discharge oxygen-iodine laser

A novel concept of discharge oxygen-iodine laser (DOIL) is presented. The supersonic DOIL includes a discharge singlet oxygen generator (DSOG) and discharge atomic iodine generator (DAIG). The operation of DSOG is based on a fast mixing of hybrid argon plasma jet of DC electric arc and RF discharge with a neutral molecular oxygen stream. The goal of our effort is achievement of DOIL oscillations by this new discharge technique, which should provide the singlet oxygen yields exceeding 30% at the total pressures higher than 10 torr. The DAIG operation is based on a cw/pulse RF discharge dissociation of iodine donors directly inside a laser iodine injector. This method substitutes the classic dissociation of molecular iodine by energy of singlet oxygen, which saves its energy for laser generation and so can increase the laser efficiency. The laser power could be thus enhanced by up to 25% if this method is employed in a chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) operation, and even 3 times in DOIL without increase in the iodine laser pumping by singlet oxygen.     

脉冲氧碘化学激光器的动力学模拟研究

根据氧碘化学激光器的反应机理建立了一维预混脉冲出光理论模型,从理论上研究了碘原子密度、单重态氧密度及产率、其他组分密度和光学参量(输出耦合率、增益长度等)对单脉冲能量及脉宽的影响.分析了影响单脉冲能量和激光脉宽的内部动力学过程.讨论了出光过程中增益开关效应.计算的结果为优化脉冲氧碘化学激光器提供了理论依据.     

氧碘化学激光中的增益光导效应

 发现和分析了氧碘化学激光中的增益光导效应。碘注入的不均匀等导致增益在该方向的不均匀。采用预混模型和Fabry Perot腔模型，推导了碘不均匀分布情况下的单重态氧的产额和激光束横向分布的解析表达式。计算结果表明，由于增益光导效应，引起激光横向分布的变化，可导致光束在碘注入方向的倾斜，以及输出功率的下降。     

Migration of particles in an inhomogeneous medium

The migration of particles in a one-dimensional inhomogeneous crystalline structure is considered. Some general properties of the migration process are found. Exact results are obtained for structures with linear and periodic inhomogeneity.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp. 13–17, July, 1980.     

氧碘化学激光器废气排放污染评价

氧碘化学激光器运行过程中会将氯气、碘蒸气等有毒有害物质排入大气,对工作场所空气质量和人员健康存在安全隐患。采用点源扩散的高斯模式,建立了小风条件下氧碘化学激光器废气的扩散模型,结合工作场地人员分布情况,计算得到激光器废气排放后15 min内,距地面1.5 m高度、距排放点500 m范围内废气中有毒成分氯气和碘的质量浓度空间分布。根据质量浓度空间分布情况,选取采样点,以Na2SO3溶液作为吸收液对氯气和碘进行了同时采样,并采取离子色谱测量了吸收液中氯离子和碘离子的质量浓度。结果表明：氧碘化学激光器废气排入大气后,氯气质量浓度最高为0.200 mg/m3,碘蒸气质量浓度小于检测方法的检出限0.030 mg/m3,低于国家职业卫生标准规定的最高容许质量浓度限值1 mg/m3。     

Attenuation of pulsed CO2 laser radiation in an argon medium containing fine aluminum particles

The attenuation of 10.6-μm radiation by aluminum aerosol particles dispersed in argon is studied experimentally. An optimal method of forming the initiating beam is found. The size and concentration of fine Al particles in the medium are estimated.     

氧碘化学激光器废气排放污染评价北大核心CSCD

氧碘化学激光器运行过程中会将氯气、碘蒸气等有毒有害物质排入大气,对工作场所空气质量和人员健康存在安全隐患。采用点源扩散的高斯模式,建立了小风条件下氧碘化学激光器废气的扩散模型,结合工作场地人员分布情况,计算得到激光器废气排放后15min内,距地面1.5m高度、距排放点500m范围内废气中有毒成分氯气和碘的质量浓度空间分布。根据质量浓度空间分布情况,选取采样点,以Na_2SO_3溶液作为吸收液对氯气和碘进行了同时采样,并采取离子色谱测量了吸收液中氯离子和碘离子的质量浓度。结果表明:氧碘化学激光器废气排入大气后,氯气质量浓度最高为0.200mg/m^3,碘蒸气质量浓度小于检测方法的检出限0.030mg/m^3,低于国家职业卫生标准规定的最高容许质量浓度限值1mg/m^3。     

High-pressure subsonic mode operation of chemical oxygen-iodine laser

A new regime of chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL), high-pressure subsonic mode operation, was demonstrated using a jet-type singlet oxygen generator (SOG). The laser output power of 342 W with chemical efficiency of 20.9% was obtained at the Cl₂ flow rate of 18 mmol/s and the operating pressure of 6.4 Torr in the laser cavity. The specific energy was 3.1 J/l which was four times higher than our supersonic device, and was comparable to the highest value for the supersonic regime. The experimental results were in good agreement with the numerical simulation results. Received: 26 February 1999 / Revised version: 13 July 1999 / Published online: 30 November 1999     

Vavilov-Cherenkov emission spectrum in an excited isotropic dispersing medium

It is shown that the presence of excited molecules in a medium can involve the appearance of additional branches in the Vavilov-Cherenkov emission spectrum.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 11, pp. 8–11, November, 1984.     

Coexisting electron emission mechanisms in small metal particles observed in fs-laser excited PEEM

Silver cluster films deposited on Si(1 1 1) were investigated by spectroscopic photoelectron microscopy using fs-laser excitation tuneable between hν = 1.45-1.65 eV and 2.9-3.3 eV. With increasing coverage the films grown as stepped wedges first exhibit clusters of few nanometers diameter with narrow size distributions that later agglomerate forming larger islands up to about 100 nm diameter. The cluster films have been characterized by SEM, AFM and HR-TEM. In the 3.1 eV range the small clusters emit more effectively and the dependence of electron yield on laser power follows a quadratic power law. Microspectroscopy reveals that the Fermi level onset is sharp(<150 meV width) and shifts by 2hν when the quantum energy is increased, thus confirming the predominance of two-photon-photoemission (2PPE). Under 1.6 eV excitation the situation is different: The power dependence is non-integer and the slope varies between 2.9 and 3.7 for different points on the sample. The Fermi edge appears smeared out and shifted by several hundred meV to lower final state energies. We attribute this deviation from pure 3PPE to thermally assisted nPPE of electrons from a transient “hot electron” gas in the nanoparticles.