УДК: 533.9: 546.295

Amplifying the VUV radiation of atomic nitrogen in helium, argon, krypton, and xenon

Gerasimov, G.N., Krylov, B.E., Hallin R., Arnesen A., Stasel’ko D.I., Alekseev I.V.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Герасимов Г.Н., Крылов Б.Е., Hallin R., Arnesen A., Стаселько Д.И., Алексеев И.В. Усиление вакуумного ультрафиолетового излучения атомарного азота в гелии, аргоне, криптоне и ксеноне // Оптический журнал. 2012. Т. 79. № 8. С. 24–34.

Gerasimov G.N., Hallin R., Arnesen A., Krylov B.E., Stasel’ko D. I., Alekseev I.V. Amplifying the VUV radiation of atomic nitrogen in helium, argon, krypton, and xenon [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2012. V. 79. № 8. P. 24–34.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

G. N. Gerasimov, R. Hallin, A. Arnesen, B. E. Krylov, D. I. Stasel’ko, and I. V. Alekseev, "Amplifying the VUV radiation of atomic nitrogen in helium, argon, krypton, and xenon," Journal of Optical Technology. 79(8), 462-469 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.79.000462

Abstract:

This paper discusses the spectral features of the amplification of narrow-band radiation of atomic nitrogen in the excimeric media of inert gases, including helium, argon, krypton, and xenon. Appreciable short-wavelength shifts (up to 0.026 nm) are detected in the spectra of the amplified radiation relative to the atomic emission lines of nitrogen that initiate this radiation. The observed shifts exceeded the instrumental resolution of the spectrometer that we used, were determined by the composition of the amplifying medium, and were independent of its excitation parameters under the experimental conditions. An explanation of the observed effect is proposed.

Keywords:

excimer molecules, forced radiation, Frank-Condon principle, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, quantum transition time

OCIS codes: 260.0260, 270.0270, 330.0330

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