O[sub 2](a[sup 1]Δ) Quenching In The O∕O2∕O3 System

Autor: V. N. Azyazov, P. A. Mikheyev, D. Postell, M. C. Heaven, Claude Phipps
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings.
ISSN: 0094-243X
DOI: 10.1063/1.3507101
Popis: The development of discharge singlet oxygen generators (DSOG’s) that can operate at high pressures is required for the power scaling of the discharge oxygen iodine laser. In order to achieve efficient high‐pressure DSOG operation it is important to understand the mechanisms by which singlet oxygen (O2(a1Δ)) is quenched in these devices. It has been proposed that three‐body deactivation processes of the type O2(a1Δ)+O+M→2O2+M provide significant energy loss channels. To further explore these reactions the physical and reactive quenching of O2(a1Δ) in O(3P)/O2/O3/CO2/He/Ar mixtures has been investigated. Oxygen atoms and singlet oxygen molecules were produced by the 248 nm laser photolysis of ozone. The kinetics of O2(a1Δ) quenching were followed by observing the 1268 nm fluorescence of the O2a1Δ‐X3∑ transition. Fast quenching of O2(a1Δ) in the presence of oxygen atoms and molecules was observed. The mechanism of the process has been examined using kinetic models, which indicate that quenching by vibrationa...
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