Laser fluorescence oxygen

A number of investigations of the copper-group oxides and dioxygen complexes have been reported. The electronic spectra of CuO, AgO, and AuO were recorded in rare-gas matrices (9), and it was found that the three oxides could be formed effectively by cocondensation of the metal atoms with a dilute, oxygen matrix, followed by near-ultraviolet excitation. The effective wavelengths for CuO or AgO formation were X > 300 nm and for AuO was X > 200 nm. In addition, the laser fluorescence spectrum of CuO in solid Ar has been recorded (97). 

Photodiode detectors have already been cited in this chapter in relation to near-IR fluorescence measurements on singlet oxygen,(8 16 18) in decay-time temperature sensing,(50) in liquid chromatography,(62) the study of proteins labelled with Nile Red,(64) and diode laser spectrometry,(67) Photodiodes are also conveniently packaged for many applications in an array form enabling rapid data acquisition e.g., in spectrophotometry, (35)... 

Introduction of an oxygen bridge into the triphenylmethane dye molecule leads to the xanthene dyes. The color is shifted from blue to red. The restricted rotation of the phenyl groups inhibits radiationless de-excitation and gives rise to very strong fluorescence. Rhodamine B (14) is used for dyeing paper [11] and as a laser dye. 

In the following we present an application of laser induced fluorescence to a study of the chemistry of sulfur in rich hydrogen/oxygen/nitrogen (H2/O2/N2) flames and demonstrate a simple rationale for taking quench effects into account. Fluorescence measurements for S2, SH, S02, SO, and OH along with measurements of flame temperature and H-atom (in sulfur free flames) have been employed to develop a kinetic model for the highly coupled flame chemistry of sulfur. The kinetic aspects of the study already have been presented in considerable detail (6). 

In these experiments, we use multiphoton dissociation at 193 nm to generate C2 radicals. C2 concentrations are subsequently monitored using laser induced fluorescence. Disappearance rates of both Cj X3 g and a3IIu are reported at ambient temperature with hydrocarbons (CH , C2H2, CjH, and C2H6), hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. 

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