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Experimental Studies of NaCs
Engineering & Physics Faculty Publications
  • Seth T. Ashman, Providence College
  • C. M. Wolfe, Lehigh University
  • J. P. Huennekens, Lehigh University
Description

We present experimental studies of excited electronic states of the NaCs molecule that are currently underway in our laboratory. The optical-optical double resonance method is used to obtain Doppler-free excitation spectra for several excited states. These data are being used to obtain RydbergKlein-Rees (RKR) or Inverse Perturbation Approach (IPA) potential curves for these states. We are also trying to map the bound portion of the 1(a) 3Σ + potential using resolved laser-induced fluorescence and Fourier transform spectroscopy to record transitions into the shallow well. Bound-free spectra from single ro-vibrational levels of electronically excited states to the repulsive wall of the 1(a) 3Σ + state are also being recorded. Using the previously determined excited state potentials, we can fit the repulsive wall of the 1(a) 3Σ + state to reproduce the experimental spectra using LeRoy’s BCONT program. A slightly modified version of BCONT will also be used to fit the relative transition dipole moments, µe(R), as a function of internuclear separation R, for the various bound-free electronic transitions.

Publication Date
5-22-2009
Type
Conference Proceeding
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Language
English
Citation Information
Seth T. Ashman, C. M. Wolfe and J. P. Huennekens. "Experimental Studies of NaCs" (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/seth-ashman/1/