Acquisition of a Fluorine Laser for Laboratory Studies of the Earth's Atmosphere

该项目寻求支持，以获得最先进的氟激光器，用于大气过程的实验室研究。SRI国际将在一个现代化的激光实验室中主持这一激光系统，该实验室将作为一个共享设施提供给大气研究界。利用该系统，可以在残留氧分子浓度低的条件下产生大量氧原子。这些条件模拟了地球高层大气中的条件，并将允许研究用其他方法难以或不可能研究的碰撞过程。这种激光器将使一系列实验室研究成为可能，解决高层大气学和大气科学领域尚未解决的重要问题。

This project solicits support to acquire a state-of-the-art fluorine laser to be used in laboratory studies of atmospheric processes. SRI International will host this laser system in a modern laser laboratory that will be made available to the atmospheric research community as a shared facility. With this system, large quantities of oxygen atoms can be generated under conditions with a low concentration of residual oxygen molecules. These conditions mimic those in the upper atmosphere of the Earth and will permit the study of collisional processes that would be difficult or impossible to study with other methods. This laser will make possible a series of laboratory studies addressing important unresolved problems in the fields of aeronomy and atmospheric science.