• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 37, Issue 4, 996 (2010)
Wang Xueyan*, Zhou Dongdong, Wang Dagui, Mu Nisai, Dai Kang, and Shen Yifan
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    Wang Xueyan, Zhou Dongdong, Wang Dagui, Mu Nisai, Dai Kang, Shen Yifan. Predissociation and Collisional Transfer of the High-Lying State of the Na2(3Λu)[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2010, 37(4): 996 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The 3Λu state of Na2 is excited by using optical-optical double resonance spectroscopy. The predissociative rates and collisional transfer rates of 3Λu state are experimentally measured. The cell temperature varies between 553 K and 703 K. A continuous-wave (CW) all-solid-state green laser (532 nm) is used to pump Na2 from ground state 13Σ+u to the 13Σ+g. Then an optical parameter oscillator (OPO) laser is used to excite high-lying 3Λu state. From time-resolved fluorescence for the 3Λu→13Σ+g transition at different Na densities,the effective lifetimes of the Na2(3Λu) state are yielded. Based on the Stern-Volmer equation,the sum of the radiative and predissociative rates is obtained with (4.8±1.2)×107 s-1,and the total cross section for deactivation of the Na2(3Λu) by means of collisions with Na is (2.7±0.5)×10-14 cm2. With different Na densities,the time-integrated intensities of 3Λu→13Σ+g,5S→3P and 3D→3P radiative transition are measured. The intensity ratios versus the Na densities can be fitted by the straight lines. From the slopes and the intercepts,we obtain predissociative rate of (8.0±2.4)×106 s-1 from Na2(3Λu) to Na(3D),and the cross sections of (6.2±1.9)×10-15 cm2 and (1.1±0.3)×10-15 cm2 for collisional energy transfer from Na2(3Λu) to Na(5S) and from Na2(3Λu) to Na(3D),respectively.
    Wang Xueyan, Zhou Dongdong, Wang Dagui, Mu Nisai, Dai Kang, Shen Yifan. Predissociation and Collisional Transfer of the High-Lying State of the Na2(3Λu)[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2010, 37(4): 996
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