Three-photon-excited fluorescence detection of atomic hydrogen in an atmospheric-pressure flame

1 June 1984

journal article
Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters

Vol. 9 (6) , 211-213
https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.9.000211

Abstract

By using three-photon excitation at 291.7 nm of the n = 4 hydrogen level and observing Balmer-β radiation at 486.1 nm, hydrogen atoms in an atmospheric C₂H₂/O₂ flame have been detected. Other schemes for hydrogen detection were also tried, and the results are discussed.

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