Time resolved high frequency spectrum of Br

Abstract

The paper reports the time resolved spectral distribution of higher order acoustic modes generated in Br2 molecules using pulsed Photoacoustic (PA) technique. New time resolved vibrational spectrum of Br2 molecules are recorded using a single 532 nm, pulses of 7 ns duration at 10 Hz repetition rate obtained from Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. Frank-Condon principle based assignments confirms the presence of 12 numbers of (v″-v′) vibrational transitions covered by a single 532 + 2 nm pulse profile. Inclusions of higher order zeroth modes in Bassel's function expansion series shows the probability of overlapping of different types of acoustic modes in the designed PA cells. These modes appear in the form of clusters which occupies higher frequency range. The study of decay behavior of PA signal with respect to time confirms the photolysis of Br2 at 532 nm wavelength. In addition, the shifting and clustering effect of cavity eigen modes in Br2 molecules have been studied between 1 and 10 ms time scale. The estimated Q-factor of PA cell (l=16 cm, R = 1.4 cm) is 145 ± 4 at 27 kHz frequency. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.