THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EXCITED STATES OF COPPER CHLORIDE

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1976

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Ohio State University

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The copper vapor laser is potentially an extremely efficient visible laser. A major drawback has been the extremely high operating temperatures required to maintain a sufficient metal atom density. A successful alternative has been to produce the Cu atoms by dissociation of various copper halide compounds such as CuCl. Results from the theoretical calculation of the potential energy curves for the excited states of CuCl provide important information on the dissociation, recombination, and deactivation processes occurring in these systems. These results will be discussed in relation to the spectroscopy of CuCl and the Cu vapor laser.

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This research was sponsored by the U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration under Contract No. W-7405-Eng-48.
Author Institution: Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California

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