Spectroscopic characteristic of conical bubble luminescence

The conical bubble sonoluminescence (CBSL) from the collapse of the bubble was observed in an improved U-tube apparatus. The emitted light energy of a single CBSL flash was measured to be \sim 1.4mJ. The pulse width was about 100\mus. The spectra of luminescence were continuum superimposed with the spectral bands from the excited-state C₂, CN and CH. The CBSL provides a link between the light emission of the single-bubble and the multi-bubble sonoluminescence (SBSL and MBSL).