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On the Time‐Resolved Optogalvanic Spectra of Neon and Krypton
Author(s) -
Piracha N. K.,
Nesbett K.,
Moten S.,
Moeller P.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.200710056
Subject(s) - krypton , neon , metastability , atomic physics , excited state , spectral line , noble gas , physics , amplitude , waveform , materials science , argon , optics , quantum mechanics , voltage
In this work time resolved optogalvanic signals associated with transitions excited from the first metastable state of neon and krypton have been studied. These gases have similar energy state configurations and it is of significant interest to study their time resolved optogalvanic waveforms resulting from transitions belonging to the states of same quantum numbers. The experimentally observed optogalvanic signals recorded for different discharge currents have been fitted to a theoretical model to obtain parameters that determine amplitudes, instrumental time constants and decay rates of the 1s levels. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)