NATURAL LIFETIMES OF EXCITED-STATES OF NEUTRAL NITROGEN DETERMINED BY TIME-RESOLVED LASER SPECTROSCOPY

被引:22
作者
BENGTSSON, GJ
LARSSON, J
SVANBERG, S
WANG, DD
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Lund Institute of Technology, S-221 00 Lund
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1992年 / 45卷 / 05期
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.45.2712
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Radiative lifetimes were determined for three quartet states of neutral nitrogen, and sequences of Rydberg states were studied using depletion spectroscopy. Free nitrogen atoms were generated by photodissociation of N2O using frequency-tripled dye-laser radiation that was two-photon resonant with the 2p(2)3p 4S or 4D states. Further quartet states were reached by a subsequent single-photon absorption. We obtain tau(2p(2)3p 4D7/2) = 44(2) ns, tau(2p(2)3p 4S3/2) = 26.0(1.5) ns, and tau(2p(2)6s4P5/2) = 41(7) ns.
引用
收藏
页码:2712 / 2715
页数:4
相关论文
共 11 条
[1]   DETECTION OF ATOMIC NITROGEN USING 2-PHOTON LASER-INDUCED STIMULATED-EMISSION - APPLICATION TO FLAMES [J].
AGRUP, S ;
WESTBLOM, U ;
ALDEN, M .
CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 1990, 170 (04) :406-410
[2]   2-PHOTON EXCITATION OF ATOMIC OXYGEN IN A FLAME [J].
ALDEN, M ;
EDNER, H ;
GRAFSTROM, P ;
SVANBERG, S .
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1982, 42 (04) :244-246
[3]  
BASHKIN S, 1978, ATOMIC ENERGY LEVELS
[4]   THE CALCULATION OF THE ABSOLUTE STRENGTHS OF SPECTRAL LINES [J].
BATES, DR ;
DAMGAARD, A .
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES, 1949, 242 (842) :101-122
[5]   DETECTION OF FLUORESCENCE FROM O-ATOMS AND N-ATOMS INDUCED BY 2-PHOTON ABSORPTION [J].
BISCHEL, WK ;
PERRY, BE ;
CROSLEY, DR .
APPLIED OPTICS, 1982, 21 (08) :1419-1429
[6]   RADIATIVE LIFETIME AND QUENCHING OF THE 3P4D0 STATE OF ATOMIC NITROGEN [J].
COPELAND, RA ;
JEFFRIES, JB ;
HICKMAN, AP ;
CROSLEY, DR .
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 1987, 86 (09) :4876-4884
[7]   TIME-RESOLVED LASER SPECTROSCOPY OF HIGH-LYING STATES IN NEUTRAL OXYGEN [J].
KROLL, S ;
LUNDBERG, H ;
PERSSON, A ;
SVANBERG, S .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1985, 55 (03) :284-287
[8]  
Okabe H., 1978, PHOTOCHEMISTRY SMALL
[9]  
RICHTER J, 1961, Z ASTROPHYS, V51, P177
[10]   DETECTION OF NITROGEN-ATOMS IN FLAMES USING 2-PHOTON LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE AND INVESTIGATIONS OF PHOTOCHEMICAL EFFECTS [J].
WESTBLOM, U ;
AGRUP, S ;
ALDEN, M ;
CEDERBALK, P .
APPLIED OPTICS, 1991, 30 (21) :2990-3002