Rapid passage induced population transfer and coherences in the 8 micron spectrum of nitrous oxide

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Duxbury, G. and Langford, N. and McCulloch, M. T. and Wright, S. (2007) Rapid passage induced population transfer and coherences in the 8 micron spectrum of nitrous oxide. Molecular Physics, 105 (5-7). pp. 741-754. ISSN 0026-8976 (https://doi.org/10.1080/00268970601181549)

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Abstract

Rapid passage signals showing the effects of molecular alignment have been observed when low pressure samples of nitrous oxide are interrogated by radiation from a pulsed 7.84 mu m quantum cascade laser. These effects occur when the sweep rate of the laser through a Doppler broadened absorption line is much faster than the collisional relaxation time, and when the power density of the linearly polarized laser radiation is sufficient to cause optical pumping. Using a laser pulse of duration 1.3 mu s, the frequency sweeps approximately 90 GHz. The variation of the laser tuning rate during the laser pulse, from about 100 MHz/ns at the beginning to about 20 MHz/ns at the end, allows the relationship between sweep rate and collisional damping to be investigated. It is shown, by comparing the experimental signals with those calculated by coupled Maxwell-Bloch equations, how the rapid passage effects in nitrous oxide are influenced by the number density, transition cross-section and reorientation lifetime.

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Duxbury, G., Langford, N. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3830-5542, McCulloch, M. T. and Wright, S.;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:31026
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    2007
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    Subjects:Science > Physics > Optics. Light
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:20 Jun 2011 15:48
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 09:44
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/31026
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