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Steady-State Kinetics Of Br(2P1/2) Yields Co2(101) Electronic-To-Vibrational Energy Transfer Laser System, Stephen J. Karis

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Steady state photolysis experiments were conducted to gain information relevant to the construction of a continuous wave electronic to vibrational pumped infrared laser. An Ar⁺ laser =488 µm) was used to produce the electronically excited state Br(²P_1/2) (Br^*) via photolysis of molecular bromine. Energy was then transferred to the near resonant vibrational state CO₂(101) (CO₂) via the collisional quenching of Br^* by CO₂. The dependence of the 2.71 µm Br^* and 4.3 µm CO₂ emissions on CO₂ pressure was measured, as well as …