Radiative lifetime measurements for some levels in Mn I and Ni I by time-resolved laser spectroscopy

Natural radiative lifetimes for 32 excited levels of Mn I and for 17 excited levels of Ni I were measured using time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence (TR-LIF) spectroscopy in laser-induced plasma. The energy regions are from 45,754.27 to 54,950.81 cm(-1) for Mn I and from 28,578.018 to 50,851.199 cm(-1) for Ni I. The uncertainties of all lifetime results are within 10%. To our best knowledge, 26 lifetime results of Mn I and 9 lifetime results of Ni I are reported for the first time. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.