LIFETIMES, POPULATION AND DEACTIVATION MECHANISMS OF THE C-1-PI(U), 2(3)PI(G) AND 2(1)SIGMA(-2()(U) STATES OF NA)

Authors
MEHDIZADEH E AHMED K DEMTRODER W
Citation
E. Mehdizadeh et al., LIFETIMES, POPULATION AND DEACTIVATION MECHANISMS OF THE C-1-PI(U), 2(3)PI(G) AND 2(1)SIGMA(-2()(U) STATES OF NA), Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 59(5), 1994, pp. 509-515
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
59
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
509 - 515
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1994)59:5<509:LPADMO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The UV and visible fluorescence of Na-2 molecules in a heat-pipe, exci ted by the frequency doubled radiation of a tunable mode-locked cavity -dumped cw dye laser was observed through a monochromator, using time- resolved single-photon counting. The effective lifetimes of the direct ly excited (CIIu)-I-1 state and the collisionally populated 2(3)II(g) and 2(1) Sigma(u)(+) states have been measured as a function of sodium -vapor pressure and argon pressure which yields the radiative lifetime s, the population mechanisms and the collisional quenching cross secti ons of the three states.