PMID: 30000998May 1, 2016Paper

Quantum State-Resolved Energy Redistribution of CO2 from Collisions with Highly Vibrationally Excited NaH

Guang pu xue yu guang pu fen xi = Guang pu
Abai AlghaziYi-Fan Shen

Abstract

Degenerate stimulated hyper-Raman pumping is used to excite high vibrational states of NaH. The full state-resolved distribution of scattered CO2(0000, J) molecules from collisions with excited NaH(ν″=14, J=21) was reported. The nascent number densities of NaH were determined from absorption measurements at times t=1 μs as the laser to prepare NaH(ν″, J″). Absorption signals were converted to NaH(ν″, J″) population using absorption coefficients and the transient Doppler-broadened linewidths. The nascent CO2(0000, J) population were obtained from transient overtone laser induced fluorescence line intensity measured at short times relative to the time between collisions. The scattered CO2(0000, J=2~80) molecules had a biexponential rotational distribution. Fitting the data with a two-component exponential model yielded CO2 product distributions with Trot=(650±80) and (1 531±150) K. The cooler distribution accounted for 79% of the scattered population and resulted from elastic or weakly inelastic collisions that induced very little rotational excitation in CO2. The hotter distribution involved large changes in CO2 rotational energy and accounted for 21% of collision. Nascent translational energy profiles for scattered CO2 (0000, J...Continue Reading

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