Details of transitions of CIII observed during the PLA of graphite and CVD diamond.[1]
Carbon (CIII):
Ground state: 1s2 2s2, 1So Ionisation Potential 47.881 eV
State' |
State" |
E'
(eV) |
E"
(eV) |
Observed Wavelength
(nm) |
3Po;3p |
3S;3s |
32.19 |
29.53 |
464.7 |
1D;2p2 |
1Po;2s2p |
18.09 |
12.69 |
229.7¨ |
¨ Emission observed in 2nd order transmission through monochromator.
[1] Tables of Spectral Lines of Neutral and Ionised Atoms, A. R. Striganov, N. S. Sventitskii, IFI/PLENUM. New York, 1968
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