Resonant Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Applied to Vapor Phase InI.

The metal halide indium iodide (InI) is used as an important additive to mercury discharge lamps. The aim of this paper is to prepare resonant coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (RECARS) experiments for measuring concentration and temperature profiles of InI in commercially available metal halide lamps. The spectral positions of possible RECARS lines of InI (double and triple resonances) are calculated up to rotational quantum number J = 280 and vibrational quantum number v = 10. There is evidence for triple resonances leading to strong RECARS signals at J = 174 and J = 231. Dipole transition moments are calculated, which are important input data for the determination of the RECARS spectra. A degenerate-folded BOXCARS setup with a frequency-tripled Nd:YAG laser at 355 nm pumping two dye-laser systems oscillating near 411 nm is utilized to detect RECARS signals of the rovibronic transitions between X:(1)Sigma(+) and A:(3)Pi(0)(0(+)) states of InI. The laser output is attenuated to prevent saturation of the spectra. The tunable dye-laser systems have good beam-pointing stability and a small spectral width (<0.07 cm(-1)). Measured RECARS spectra from a pure InI vapor quartz cell at p = 120 Pa and T = 880 K are compared with theoretical data and good agreement is obtained with respect to the spectral position and RECARS intensity. The scatter signals are achieved with laser-pulse energies of less than 1 µJ. A collision-constant Gamma = 0.0025 cm(-1) describes the line broadening best. The experiments are also performed at a partial InI pressure of 1.12 kPa, a partial Hg pressure of 112 kPa, and a temperature of T = 1073 K and could be interpreted with a broadening constant Gamma = 0.23 cm(-1). Temperature measurements were performed between 900 and 1200 K with an accuracy of 7%. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.