Infrared (0.9-1.65 μm) emission from thallium iodide photoexcited with ultraviolet excimer laser radiation

The infrared emission spectra from 0.9 to 1.65 μm produced when thallium iodide vapor is photodissociated by excimer laser wavelengths of 193, 248, 308, and 351 nm are reported. In this spectral region, only atomic thallium transitions were observed. No emission from metastable atomic iodine at 1.31...

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Published in:The Journal of chemical physics 1992-02, Vol.96 (3), p.1840-1847
Main Authors: HERRERA, S. D, SCHLIE, L. A, BLACK, G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atomic and molecular physics
Exact sciences and technology
Infrared spectra
Molecular properties and interactions with photons
Molecular spectra
Physics
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Summary:The infrared emission spectra from 0.9 to 1.65 μm produced when thallium iodide vapor is photodissociated by excimer laser wavelengths of 193, 248, 308, and 351 nm are reported. In this spectral region, only atomic thallium transitions were observed. No emission from metastable atomic iodine at 1.315 μm (5 2P1/2→5 2P3/2) or thallium at 1.283 μm (6 2P3/2→6 2P1/2) was ever detected in contrast to strong 1.315 μm signals obtained by ultraviolet (UV) excimer laser dissociation of C3F7I. The failure to detect metastable atomic emission from TlI photodissociation is explained by the fast quenching of the metastable states during superelastic collision with electrons produced by photoionization of the TlI. Consequently, a pulsed iodine 1.315 μm laser based on photodissociation of thallium iodide does not seem practical.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.462085