Dependence of the rate of vibrational-translational relaxation in SF6 on the intensity of selective laser excitation
Akhmanov S.A. , Gordienko V.M. , Mikheenko A.V., Panchenko V.Ya.
Nonlinear effects of vibrational-translational (V-T) relaxation in an SF6 molecule excited by intense radiation of a C02 laser were experimentally investigated. It is shown that at high excitation levels the ( VT) relaxation time becomes substantially shorter.