DETECTION AND PROBING OF NITRIC-OXIDE (NO) BY 2-COLOR LASER PHOTOIONIZATION (REMPI) SPECTROSCOPY ON THE A[-X TRANSITION

Authors
HIPPLER M PFAB J
Citation
M. Hippler et J. Pfab, DETECTION AND PROBING OF NITRIC-OXIDE (NO) BY 2-COLOR LASER PHOTOIONIZATION (REMPI) SPECTROSCOPY ON THE A[-X TRANSITION, Chemical physics letters, 243(5-6), 1995, pp. 500-505
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Chemical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092614
Volume
243
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
500 - 505
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(1995)243:5-6<500:DAPON(>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A simple two-colour (1 + 1') REMPI scheme for the detection and probin g of nitric oxide (NO) via the A(2) Sigma(+) <-- X(2)II transition has been introduced and characterised. Pulsed 226 and 308 nm laser light derived from a XeCl excimer pump laser has been used for resonant exci tation and photoionisation. The two-colour (1 + 1') REMPI scheme has b een found to offer substantially higher sensitivity than the conventio nal one-colour scheme. The reasons for this improvement and other adva ntages of the two-colour technique for the state-resolved probing of N O(X) are outlined.