Singlet delta oxygen production in a slab discharge in oxygen

摘要

Singlet delta oxygen O2a1&Dgr;g (SDO) production in a slab discharges ignited in oxygen gas mixtures was experimentally studied. An influence of gas mixture content and input electric power on SDO yield was analyzed. In self-sustained RF slab discharge SDO yield of 10±5 % was measured by comparison luminescence intensity of SDO going from a chemical generator and SDO generated in electric discharge. SDO yield of 7.2 % was measured by intracavity laser spectroscopy method. It was demonstrated that the choice of electrodes material is very important. Experiments on SDO production in slab non-self-sustained discharge with external ionization by repeating high-voltage pulses were carried out. SDO concentration was measured by the method of intracavity laser spectroscopy. The measured concentration of SDO was about 1.5×1016 cm-3, with SDO yield of ~10.6 %. A development of electric discharge oxygen-iodine laser with SDO production in long electrodes slab discharge is discussed.