Diagnostics in VUV laser spectroscopy

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dc.contributor.advisorVon Bergmann, H. M.
dc.contributor.advisorArendse, G. J.
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Pingen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Physics.
dc.date.accessioned2006-11-10T09:10:59Zen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T08:44:16Z
dc.date.available2006-11-10T09:10:59Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2010-06-01T08:44:16Z
dc.date.issued2005-03en_ZA
dc.descriptionThesis (MSc (Physics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.
dc.description.abstractA tunable vacuum ultra-violet (VUV) laser source was recently developed for VUV spectroscopy using state selective excitation and total fluorescence detection. The VUV laser source makes use of a four-wave mixing process to provide tunable VUV radiation for the electronic excitation of the molecules. The theory of four-wave mixing, with the emphasis on parameters that are important for our experimental setup to generate efficient tunable VUV radiation is discussed. The experimental setup, and in particular the metal vapor heat-pipe, which provides Mg vapor as the nonlinear medium, is described. New diagnostic equipment described in this work was added to the experimental setup. This equipment was characterized and utilized together with the existing setup. The additional diagnostic equipment introduced enabled us to measure the tunable VUV output of the source (using a VUV monochromator), making it possible to significantly improve the efficiency of the existing tunable VUV laser source.en_ZA
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2244
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Stellenbosch
dc.subjectLaser spectroscopyen
dc.subjectVacuum ultraviolet spectroscopyen
dc.subjectDissertations -- Physicsen
dc.subjectTheses -- Physicsen
dc.titleDiagnostics in VUV laser spectroscopyen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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