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The development of discharge singlet oxygen generators (DSOG's) that can operate at high pressures is required
for the power scaling of the discharge oxygen iodine laser. In order to achieve efficient high-pressure DSOG
operation it is important to understand the mechanisms by which singlet oxygen (O2(a1Δ)) is quenched in these
devices. It has been proposed that three-body deactivation processes of the type O2(a1Δ))+O+M→2O2+M
provide significant energy loss channels. To further explore these reactions the physical and reactive quenching
of O2(a1Δ)) in O(3P)/O2/O3/CO2/He/Ar mixtures has been investigated. Oxygen atoms and singlet oxygen
molecules were produced by the 248 nm laser photolysis of ozone. The kinetics of O2(a1Δ)) quenching were
followed by observing the 1268 nm fluorescence of the O2 a1Δ-X3Ε transition. Fast quenching of O2(a1Δ)) in the
presence of oxygen atoms and molecules was observed. The mechanism of the process has been examined using
kinetic models, which indicate that quenching by vibrationally excited ozone is the dominant reaction.
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V. N. Azyazov, P. A. Mikheyev, D. Postell, M. C. Heaven, "O[sub]2[/sub](a[sup]1[/sup]Delta) quenching in O/O[sub]2[/sub]/O[sub]3[/sub]/CO[sub]2[/sub]/He/Ar mixtures," Proc. SPIE 7581, High Energy/Average Power Lasers and Intense Beam Applications IV, 758108 (17 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.843857