Abstract
Laser-induced fluorescence from carbon atoms, excited at the two-photon resonances around 280 nm, has been detected in fuel-rich hydrocarbon flames together with Swan band emission from the C2 radical, which was non-resonantly excited at the same wavelengths. The emission from the C atom and from the C2 molecule exhibited several similarities, indicating a possible common photo-chemical origin.
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