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Experimental Studies of High Lying Electronic States of NaCs
American Physical Society Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (2012)
  • Seth T Ashman, Providence College
  • Carl Faust, Lehigh University
  • Joshua Jones, Lehigh University
  • Kara Richter, Lehigh University
  • Brett McGeehan, Lehigh University
  • A. P Hickman, Lehigh University
  • John Huennekens, Lehigh University
Abstract
We present new results from experimental studies of high-lying 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. Selected data from the 53Π0, 43Π0 and other high lying electronic states are used to obtain Rydberg-Klein-Rees (RKR) and Inverse Perturbation Approach (IPA) potential curves. Small oscillations in the other wall of the 53Π0 potential suggest strong interactions with other electronic states. A modified version of Le Roy’s BCONT program was used to simulate NaCs 53Π0 → 1(a) 3Σ + bound-free emission spectra. These simulations were used to fit the experimental spectra with a parameterized 1(a) 3Σ + repulsive wall and the 53Π0 → 1(a) 3Σ + transition dipole moment function, µ(R). The fitted µ(R) is in good agreement with the theoretical transition dipole moment function of Aymar and Dulieu [Mol.Phys. 105, 1733 (2007)]. In related work, we have identified additional electronic states which we have tentatively assigned as the 43Π0 and 53Π1 (and possibly the 53Π2) electronic states of NaCs.
Publication Date
June 5, 2012
Location
Orange County, CA, US
Citation Information
Seth T Ashman, Carl Faust, Joshua Jones, Kara Richter, et al.. "Experimental Studies of High Lying Electronic States of NaCs" American Physical Society Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/seth-ashman/18/