Profile for Emeritus Professor Brian J. Orr

Research Interests

Optical double resonance laser spectroscopy of state-specific energy transfer in polyatomic molecules. Theories and modelling of molecular, spectroscopic and optical processes. Development of laser devices and optical techniques. Industrial and environmental applications of lasers.

Selected Publications

  • G.W.Baxter, M.A.Payne, B.D.W.Austin, C.A.Halloway, J.G.Haub, Y.He, A.P.Milce, J.F.Nibler and B.J.Orr, "Spectroscopic diagnostics of chemical processes:  applications of optical parametric oscillators," Applied Physics B, 71, 651 - 663 (2000).
  • M.A.Payne, A.P.Milce, M.J.Frost and B.J.Orr, "Symmetry-breaking collisional energy transfer in the 4nCH rovibrational manifold of acetylene: spectroscopic evidence of a quasi-continuum of background states," Chemical Physics Letters, 324, 48 - 56 (2000).
  • A.P.Milce and B.J.Orr, "The nCC + nCH rovibrational manifold of acetylene. II. Intramolecular perturbations and symmetry-breaking processes," J. Chem. Phys., 112, 9319 - 9334 (2000).
  • Y.He and B.J.Orr, "Ringdown and cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy using a continuous-wave tunable diode laser and a rapidly swept optical cavity," Chemical Physics Letters, 319, 131 - 137 (2000).

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Emeritus Professor of Chemistry

Qualifications

BSc(Hons), MSc in Chemistry
University of Sydney
PhD in Chemistry
University of Bristol
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