Abstract

The UV absorption spectra of thallium halide vapors consist of a series of peaks corresponding to various photodissociation channels leading to the formation of different states of the product atoms.¹ There has been renewed interest in determining the yields of different states of the metal atom produced by photodissociation of the thallium halides, particularly with a view to establishing conditions for selective production of metastable excited states for anti-Stokes Raman shitting² and other purposes.

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