IR laser induced acceleration of neutral molecular beams

✍ Scribed by G.N. Makarov

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 422 KB
• Volume: 237
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(95)00311-q

✦ Synopsis

The property of molecules in an intense resonant IR laser field to absorb under collisional excitation conditions a large number of photons can be used for generation of accelerated molecular beams (jets). The method is proposed and the results are presented on TEA CO2-1aser induced acceleration of pulsed neutral molecular beams. The method allows to produce intensive molecular beams with a kinetic energy of > 1 eV and it can be combined with aerodynamic acceleration.