Open AccessИнверсия вклада изотопа малой относительной концентрации в суммарный коэффициент поглощения смеси изотопов неона на переходе 3s-=SUB=-2-=/SUB=--2p-=SUB=-4-=/SUB=-
Author(s) -
Э.Г. Сапрыкин
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
žurnal tehničeskoj fiziki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1726-748X
pISSN - 0044-4642
DOI - 10.21883/os.2019.08.48027.122-18
Subject(s) - neon , atomic physics , radiative transfer , isotope , excitation , absorption (acoustics) , plasma , laser , ground state , radiation , physics , chemistry , optics , nuclear physics , argon , quantum mechanics
Absorption of probe laser radiation by a mixture of even isotopes of neon in a gas discharge plasma is investigated by the method of magnetic scanning of 3 s _2–2 p _4 transition. The contours of absorption lines of isotopes are resolved by means of numerical modeling. It is discovered that, upon decrease in relative concentration of one of the isotopes, its contribution to absorption is replaced by gain. The effect is found to be caused by radiative transfer of excitation energy between atoms of different kinds in the absence of a difference in level energies (the process known as optical pumping). The effect of this mechanism turned out to be substantial for the upper level transitions from which to the ground state are allowed while being absent for the lower level of the transition from which such transitions are forbidden although other decay channels are available.