Experimental investigations of two doubly excited NI multiplets

Experimental Stark-broadening studies of two NI multiplets ( 1 D)3s 2 D - ( 1 D)3p 2 D° and ( 1 D)3s 2 D - ( 1 D) 3 p 2 F° are reported. Measurements were performed using a wall-stabilized arc operated at atmospheric pressure in helium with small amounts of nitrogen and hydrogen. The Stark broadening parameters: the electron impact width (w e ) and shift (d e ) have been determined.

Measurements of transition probabilities for two N I infrared transitions and their application for diagnostics of low temperature plasmas

Abstract Spectra emitted from a wall-stabilized arc, running in a gas mixture of helium, argon, nitrogen, oxygen and traces of hydrogen have been studied. Intensities of selected spectral transitions of neutral nitrogen and oxygen have been measured. Applying the Boltzmann plot method and using a reliable set of O I transition probabilities of spectral lines, originating from levels considerably spread in excitation energies, the temperatures of arc plasmas have been determined. Line intensities of two N I infrared transitions, originating from doubly excited terms 3p′ 2 F o and 3p′ 2 G have been measured. In order to obtain the corresponding transition probabilities ( A ki ) for these line…

Studies of the bromine spectrum and determination of transition probabilities for Br I and Br II lines

In a wall-stabilized cascade arc at atmospheric pressure in mixtures of argon and bromine vapors thermal plasmas were generated. Arc currents between 25 and 60 A were used. Applying a spectrometer of medium dispersion, equipped with an optical multichannel analyzer (CCD detector), the spectra of neutral and singly ionized bromine in the range between 3300 and 10400 A were recorded. Line intensity measurements, corrected for self-absorption, at different operating conditions of the arc, were performed. A complete set of Br I transitions (5 lines) originating from a common upper level (branching fractions) was measured. In the case of the Br II spectrum intensities of 14 lines were determined…

Relative Transition Probability Measurements for Prominent Infrared Spectral Lines of NI

Applying a high-current wall-stabilized arc operated either in helium or in argon always with some admixtures of nitrogen, relative transition probabilities for more than 100 individual spectral lines (fine structure components) have been measured. The studied lines belong mainly to the 3p–3d and 3p–4s transition arrays. Ten lines of the measured set are intersystem transitions. Our data are compared with other experimental results (for about one half of the studied set there are available), with evaluated on the basis of the LS coupling scheme, with semiempirical data, and with recent CIV3 calculations. Some of our results are compared also with experimental data for the next member of the…

Transition probabilities for some infrared O I spectral lines—Application for determining excitation temperatures in low temperature plasmas

Intensities of selected spectral transitions of neutral oxygen emitted from a wall-stabilized arc have been measured. Applying reliable transition probability data taken from literature, Boltzmann plots have been constructed and the temperatures of the plasma have been obtained. At arc plasma conditions ensuring partial local thermal equilibrium, transition probabilities for 4 O I spectral lines from the near infrared spectral range have been obtained. These new results, together with data for two other studied O I spectral lines taken from the National Institute of Standards and Technology data base, are proposed as a suitable set of transition probabilities applicable for diagnostics of l…

A new approach to determination of the asymmetry parameter of Stark-broadened isolated spectral lines

A new approach to evaluation of asymmetry parameters of Stark-broadened isolated spectral lines is presented. The procedure is discussed on the example of the N I line at λ = 9822.75 A. Line shape measurements were performed using a wall-stabilized arc, operated at atmospheric pressure. The radiation of the plasma, emitted from homogeneous plasma layers in end-on direction, was measured using a grating spectrometer equipped with a two-dimensional CCD detector. Griem-like profiles, convoluted with the corresponding Doppler and apparatus profiles, were fitted to experimental data. In this way the Stark broadening parameters (electron impact widths, shifts and asymmetry) have been determined. …

Stark effect in some lines of neutral bromine

Abstract This work presents experimental results of profile parameters for prominent lines of neutral bromine, for which serious discrepancies between experimental values of different authors as well as between experimental and calculated values were observed. The observed discrepancies between shock tube and earlier arc experiments are very large. Our results of profile parameters, obtained also in a wall-stabilized arc, show acceptable agreement with the earlier arc measurements. It is obvious, that the shock tube experimental result is out of the range of acceptable inaccuracy and should be remeasured. The theoretical calculations based on different assumptions give also strongly diverge…

Stark-Broadening Studies of N(I) Multiplet 3p 4P o–3d 4D at 1052.630 nm

Stark-broadening studies of the N(I) multiplet 3p 4P o –3d 4D are reported. Our experimental electron impact widths of spectral lines are compared with the results of our calculations: (i) according to the standard impact theory of Griem with modification, (ii) using a computer simulation method which is based on numerical N-body code (CSM). Line shape measurements were performed using a wallstabilized arc. The radiation of the plasma emitted from homogenous plasma layers was measured using a grating spectrometer equipped with a two-dimensional detector.

Experimental Stark broadening studies of the CI transition 3s 1 P 1o − 3p 1 S 0 at 833.5 nm

AbstractExperimental Stark broadening studies of the infrared CI transition 3s 1 P 1o − 3p 1 S 0 at 833.5 nm are reported for the first time. A high-current wall-stabilized arc, operated in a mixture of helium, argon, carbon dioxide and hydrogen, was applied as the plasma source. Radiation emitted from homogeneous and optically thin plasma layers was analyzed. Stark broadening studies of the selected CI transition and the hydrogen Balmer β line were performed. As expected from theoretical considerations, the CI line width depends linearly on the electron density of the plasma. Applying theoretical Stark broadening data for the Hgb line, the measured Stark widths of the CI line were calibrat…

Calculation of Population Densities of Excited CI and CII Levels in Helium and Argon Plasmas Containing Small Admixtures of CO2- Importance to Analysis of Radiation Emitted from Plasmas of Axial Symmetry

Measurements of relative line strengths in N I multiplets for transition arrays 3s–np (n=3, 4, 5)

Abstract Applying the emission method, intensities of 60 spectral lines of neutral nitrogen (N I) belonging to 15 multiplets originating from 3s–np (n=3, 4, 5) transition arrays have been measured. A wall-stabilized arc, operated at atmospheric pressure in helium with some admixture of nitrogen was applied as the excitation source. From measured line intensities, relative line strengths within multiplets have been evaluated. For transitions with Δn=1 and 2, significantly larger discrepancies from LS coupling results are found if compared to transitions 3s–3p (Δn=0). The measured relative line strengths within 3s–3p multiplets are compared with older measurements, recent calculations and wit…

Experimental tests of the spectroscopic coupling for neutral oxygen

Abstract The radiation emitted from a high-current wall-stabilized arc operated in helium with some admixture of CO 2 has been studied. Intensities of fine structure components for 10 multiplets of neutral oxygen (O I) have been determined applying the emission method. On the basis of measured line intensities relative line strengths within each studied multiplet have been obtained. The results are compared with data resulting from the LS-coupling scheme and with other theoretical as well as experimental results available in literature.

Experimental and theoretical studies of Stark profiles of Ar I 696.5 nm spectral line in laser-induced plasma

Abstract We report the results of the Stark profile studies of the 696.543 nm Ar I spectral line in laser-induced plasma generated by a nanosecond Nd:YAG laser radiation at 532 nm in argon at reduced pressure. Plasma diagnostics was performed with the use of the laser Thomson scattering method, free from assumptions about the plasma thermodynamic equilibrium, its composition but also independently of plasma emission spectra. The profiles were investigated in wide range of electron densities and temperatures, from 2.81 · 1022 m − 3 to 5.69 · 1023 m − 3 and from 10 430 K to 73 400 K, respectively. Stark profiles were calculated using a semi-classical method as well as by N-body numerical simu…

Analysis of Line Strength Data for the Spectra οf C(I), N(II), N(I) and O(II)