Electronic Resource
College Park, Md.
:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
The Journal of Chemical Physics
94 (1991), S. 5248-5249
ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The four-wave mixing technique of third harmonic generation (THG) was used to detect gas-phase atomic nitrogen atoms. Ground state N(4S03/2) atoms were produced in a microwave discharge and monitored via 120 nm radiation which was generated by a 360 nm pulsed dye laser beam focused into the post-discharge region. The THG excitation features were blue-shifted from the 3s 4PJ→2p3 4S03/2 atomic resonance lines. Both the frequency shift and VUV intensity were sensitive to the N(4S03/2) concentration as expected for the THG process. Absolute concentration was determined using standard flow reaction calibration and yielded a minimum sensitivity of 3×1013 cm−3. Similar THG detection schemes for atomic nitrogen metastable states (2p3 2D0j and 2p3 2P0J) are discussed. The third harmonic generation technique possesses a number of potential advantages for in situ optical diagnostics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.460507
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