Direct measurements of the vibrational distribution to v?30 obtained from the first overtone emission from CO in a liquid-N2-cooled laser plasma have been made in the presence of varying amounts of O2. These observed distributions show enhanced vibrational populations for small additions and show upper-level depopulation for larger additions. Both observations support a recent plasma-kinetic model of the effect of O2 in low-pressure CO laser plasmas.
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