title: Laser-induced fluorescence excitation spectroscopy of N(2)(+) produced by VUV photoionization of N(2) and N(2)O.
abstract: Synchrotron radiation emitted from the UVSOR storage ring is monochromated by a grazing-incidence monochromator and introduced coaxially with the second harmonic of a mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. Sample gases, N(2) and N(2)O, are photoionized into vibronically ground N(2)(+) with the fundamental light of the undulator radiation at 18.0 and 18.6 eV, respectively. Laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) excitation spectra of N(2)(+) from N(2) and N(2)O are measured in the laser wavelength region of the (B (2)Sigma(u)(+), v' = 0) <-- (X (2)Sigma(g)(+), v" = 0) transition at 389-392 nm. The LIF excitation spectra of N(2)(+) exhibit two maxima due to the P and R branches in which rotational bands are heavily overlapped. The rotational temperature is determined by simulating an LIF excitation spectrum by using the theoretical intensity distribution of rotation bands convoluted with the spectral width of the laser.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vacuum UV Photoscience, Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizutani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Niikura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hiraya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mitsuke