Optimization of a semiconductor lidar for detecting atmospheric molecular iodine and hydrogen

A lidar equation for Raman backscattering of semiconductor laser radiation by I₂ and H₂ molecules is solved. The obtained results allow laser wavelength optimization for probing atmospheric I₂ and H₂ molecules at a distance up to 2 km.     

Fluorine dynamics in BaF2 crystal lattice as an example of complex motion in a simple system

Fluorine relaxation profiles for a BaF₂ single crystal collected at several temperatures have been analyzed in terms of essentially different motional models: free rotational and free translational diffusion. The analysis has been performed to critically review the sensitivity of field dependent relaxation studies to mechanisms of molecular motions. The tested motional models do not realistically describe the fluorine dynamics within the crystal lattice. They have been chosen to attempt to answer quite fundamental questions regarding the feasibility of the field dependent nuclear spin relaxation studies to provide unique information on dynamic processes: 1. Is it possible to get information about the motional mechanisms by analyzing relaxation profiles collected in a broad frequency range? 2. To what extent is it possible to reasonably reproduce relaxation profiles in terms of unrealistic motional models?It has been concluded from the analysis that the rotational model leading to a single exponential correlation function explains the experimental data much better than the translational one. Validity regimes of the second order perturbation theory have been discussed in the context of the investigated system and the applied models.     

Laser sounding of molecular iodine in the atmosphere

The lidar equation for the fluorescence of ¹²⁷I₂ molecules is numerically solved. All the radiation wavelengths of a copper vapor laser are considered with the aim of choosing the one that is the most appropriate for detection of the minimum possible concentration of iodine molecules when this laser is used as a radiation source of a fluorescence lidar.     

Lidar Probing of Raman Scattering by Hydrofluoride Molecules in an Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Journal of Applied Spectroscopy - The lidar equation for Raman scattering of light by hydrogen fluoride molecules is solved in order to select the laser wavelength and lidar parameters and to...     

Electron transfer in uranyl(VI)-uranyl(V) complexes in solution

The rates and mechanisms of the electron self-exchange between U(V) and U(VI) in solution have been studied with quantum chemical methods. Both outer-sphere and inner-sphere mechanisms have been investigated; the former for the aqua ions, the latter for binuclear complexes containing hydroxide, fluoride, and carbonate as bridging ligand. The calculated rate constant for the self-exchange reaction UO(2)(+)(aq) + UO(2)(2+)(aq) <=>UO(2)(2+)(aq) + UO(2)(+)(aq), at 25 degrees C, is k = 26 M(-1) s(-1). The lower limit of the rate of electron transfer in the inner-sphere complexes is estimated to be in the range 2 x 10(4) to 4 x 10(6) M(-1) s(-1), indicating that the rate for the overall exchange reaction may be determined by the rate of formation and dissociation of the binuclear complex. The activation energy for the outer-sphere model calculated from the Marcus model is nearly the same as that obtained by a direct calculation of the precursor- and transition-state energy. A simple model with one water ligand is shown to recover 60% of the reorganization energy. This finding is important because it indicates the possibility to carry out theoretical studies of electron-transfer reactions involving M(3+) and M(4+) actinide species that have eight or nine water ligands in the first coordination sphere.     

Lasers for modern linear measurements

Three definitions of the meter are given. The role of lasers in the last definition is shown.A He-Ne/I ₂ laser is examined in ample detail. Baltic State Technical University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 8, pp. 106–108, August, 1999.     

Effect of noise and vibration on the performance of a particle concentration laser meter and optimization of its parameters

Spurious illumination penetrating into a gas duct adversely affects the performance of a laser gage measuring the concentration of solid particles dispersed in the air flow. The noise and gas duct vibration caused by the noise and vibration of the flow driver and other sources mechanically connected to the gas duct modulate the spurious radiation so that it may generate a signal that is perceived as a useful one by a photodetector. The noise-and vibration-modulated spurious illumination, as well as its optical-to-electric conversion with consideration for the spectral characteristics and the connection of the photodetector to the laser gage, is analyzed. From the amplitude and frequency properties of real noise and vibration sources causing the gas duct walls, on which the laser gage is mounted, to vibrate, the effect of the parasitic illumination is estimated. The operating parameters of a laser gage with double amplitude modulation and subsequent double synchronous detection, which make it possible to considerably improve its noise immunity, are proposed.     

Stability of rotation of a vane in a flow

The results of investigation of the stability of permanent rotation of a four-blade vane on a weightless rod in the flow of a homogeneous medium are discussed. The rod rotates about a fixed point where a spherical joint is situated. The vane rotates about the second joint fixed at the other end of the rod. The stability of permanent rotation of the vane is studied when the rod coincides with the dynamic symmetry axis of the vane. The results are compared with the one-joint case. It is shown that increasing the number of degrees of freedom leads to “diminishing” the stability domain projection onto the corresponding subspace of parameters. __________ Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 11, No. 7, pp. 73–95, 2005.