Two-photon excitation cross section of the B ← X(0,0) band of CO measured by direct absorption
JOSA B, Vol. 16, Issue 11, pp. 1988-1994 (1999)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.16.001988
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Abstract
We report new measurements of the two-photon absorption rate in the B←X(0,0) band of CO, as determined from absorption spectra obtained with Fourier-transform-limited pulses of well-characterized spatial profile. By comparing measured absorption spectra of the CO Q branch near 230 nm with a nonlinear model for the pulse attenuation, we derive the spectrally integrated cross section σ0(2). The space- and time-dependent model considers two-photon absorption followed by one-photon photoionization of the excited state. The Q-branch spectral profile is simulated with previously measured coefficients of collisional broadening and shift. Remarkably, for modest irradiances of 80–350 MW/cm2 at the focus, attenuations of 10% and greater at the Q-branch peak were observed in a single pass through neat CO at pressures of 12–33 kPa. Our result for the spectrally integrated cross section, averaged over five experiments, is σ0(2)=(1.5+0.7/−0.2)×10−35 cm4.
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OCIS Codes
(300.1030) Spectroscopy : Absorption
(300.6390) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, molecular
(300.6410) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, multiphoton
(300.6420) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, nonlinear
(300.6540) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, ultraviolet
Citation
Michael D. Di Rosa and Roger L. Farrow, "Two-photon excitation cross section of the B ← X(0,0) band of CO measured by direct absorption," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 1988-1994 (1999)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-16-11-1988
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