High-power IR laser-induced acceleration of SF 6 molecules in a secondary pulsed molecular beam

Abstract

The method of producing of an intensive secondary pulsed molecular beam of controlled kinetic energy with high-power IR laser is suggested. The experimental results on CO 2-laser-induced acceleration of SF 6 molecules in a secondary beam are presented. The intensive (more or equal to 10 20 molecules/str s) molecular beams of SF 6 with kinetic energy of about 1.5 eV without a carrier gas and about 2.5 and 2.7 eV with carrier gases He (SF 6/He=1/10) and H 2 (SF 6/H 2=1/10), accordingly, were obtained.