Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufm.p31d..06s&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #P31D-06
Physics
[1060] Geochemistry / Planetary Geochemistry, [5410] Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets / Composition, [5464] Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets / Remote Sensing, [6295] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Venus
Scientific paper
We have used a remote time-resolved (TR) telescopic Raman system equipped with 532 nm pulsed laser excitation and a gated intensified CCD (ICCD) detector for measuring Raman spectra of a number of minerals under two sets of conditions. The first set of experiments involved probing samples as a function of temperature ranging from 300 to 973 K at 1 atm. These experiments involve a 5x beam expander to focus the 532 nm (30 mJ/pulse 20 Hz) laser beams onto the sample at 9 m from the remote Raman system. The second set of experiments involved placing the samples in a high pressure vessel with a sapphire window containing supercritical CO2 at pressures up to 93 atm and 423 K. At high temperatures and ambient pressure, the remote Raman measurements were made with samples at 9 meter distance inside a high temperature furnace by gating the ICCD detector with 2 micro-s gate to minimize interference from blackbody emission from mineral surfaces at high temperature as well as interference from ambient light. A comparison of Raman spectra of gypsum (CaSO4.2H2O), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2), and olivine (Mg2Fe2-xSiO4), as a function of temperature shows that the Raman lines remains sharp and well defined even in the high temperature spectra. In the pressure vessel, Cr3+ fluorescence from sapphire window interfere with the Raman spectra of hydrous minerals in the high-frequency region (2500-4500 cm-1). With time-resolved Raman measurements the interference of the fluorescence in the Raman spectra on minerals was minimized by gating ICCD to <100 ns. The Fermi resonance doublet of CO2 molecules consisting of Raman lines at 1285 (2ν2) and 1388 (ν1) cm-1 does not interfere with the major Raman fingerprints of silicates, carbonate, sulfates minerals. With suitable time delay of the ICCD detector, the Raman bands from supercritical CO2 atmosphere can be minimized providing pure Raman spectra of the mineral targets. We will present remote Raman data on silicates (olivine, pyroxene, quartz, feldspars and talc), dolomite, gypsum, hydrous iron sulfate and barite under supercritical CO2 environment. With TR remote Raman system using 532 nm (15 mJ/pulse, 20Hz) laser excitation, a large varieties of minerals could be easily identified from their respective Raman fingerprints typically in 1s. Minerals with low Raman cross section (e.g., feldspars, pyroxene, olivine, talc, etc) can be detected and quantified from their respective Raman spectra in 10 to 30 s. These results show that time-resolve remote Raman system is capable of making spectral measurements at several hundred to thousand target points on Venus surface within limited (a few hours) expected lifetime of a lander because of extreme temperature and pressure conditions.
Acosta T.
Barefield James E.
Clegg Samuel M.
Misra Anupam K.
Sharma Subodh K.
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