Application of saturation spectroscopy to the measurement of C(2), (3)II(u) concentrations in oxy-acetylene flames.

The technique of saturation spectroscopy is applied to measure the concentration of C(2) in the (3)II(u) state in oxyacetylene flames. The two level model is further developed and extended for use in intensity regions slightly lower than that required to saturate the resonances completely. As a result, it has proved feasible to measure both the C(2) number density in the (3)II(u) state of ~10(16)/cm(3) and an excited electronic state lifetime of ~10(-12) sec, both of which depend only on the Einstein A coefficient. The experimental setup is described in detail, and possible extensions of the technique to other atomic and molecular systems are discussed.

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