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Electronic-to-vibrational energy transfer efficiency in the O/1 D/-N2 and O/1 D/-CO systemsWith the aid of a molecular resonance fluorescence technique, which utilizes optical pumping from the v = 1 level of the ground state of CO by A 1 Pi-X 1 Sigma radiation, a study is made of the efficiency of E-V transfer from O(1 D) to CO. O(1 D) is generated at a known rate by O2 photodissociation at 1470 A in an intermittent mode, and the small modulation of the fluorescent signal associated with CO (v = 1) above the normal thermal background is interpreted in terms of E-V transfer efficiency. The CO (v = 1) lifetime in this system is determined mainly by resonance trapping of the IR fundamental band, and is found to be up to ten times longer than the natural radiative lifetime. For CO, (40 plus or minus 8)% of the O(1 D) energy is converted into vibrational energy. By observing the effect of N2 on the CO (v = 1) fluorescent intensity and lifetime, it is possible to obtain the E-V transfer efficiency for the system O(1 D)-N2 relative to that for O(1 D)-CO. The results indicate that the efficiency for N2 is (83 plus or minus 10)% of that for CO.
Document ID
19740041332
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Slanger, T. G.
Black, G.
(Stanford Research Institute Menlo Park, Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 15, 1974
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume: 60
Subject Category
Physics, Atomic, Molecular, And Nuclear
Accession Number
74A24082
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASW-2400
Distribution Limits
Public
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