ANALYTICAL TIME-RESOLVED LASER-ENHANCED IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY .1. COLLISIONAL IONIZATION AND PHOTOIONIZATION OF THE HG RYDBERG STATES IN A LOW-PRESSURE GAS

Authors
CLEVENGER WL MORDOH LS MATVEEV OI OMENETTO N SMITH BW WINEFORDNER JD
Citation
Wl. Clevenger et al., ANALYTICAL TIME-RESOLVED LASER-ENHANCED IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY .1. COLLISIONAL IONIZATION AND PHOTOIONIZATION OF THE HG RYDBERG STATES IN A LOW-PRESSURE GAS, Spectrochimica acta, Part B: Atomic spectroscopy, 52(3), 1997, pp. 295-304
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy
Journal title
Spectrochimica acta, Part B: Atomic spectroscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
05848547
Volume
52
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
295 - 304
Database
ISI
SICI code
0584-8547(1997)52:3<295:ATLIS.>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The temporal behavior of the laser enhanced ionization signal of mercu ry was studied in a quartz cell under low buffer gas pressure. Using f ast electronics and a short (34 ns) laser pulse, it was possible to di stinguish, in one single time-resolved ionization waveform, the non-se lective photoionization component of the signal from that which was du e to collisional ionization from selected levels. Experimental results were shown to agree with those obtained by computer simulation, and o ptimal conditions for deconvolution of the two components were studied . (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.