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Experimental study of the 31Δg and 41Δg states of the Rb2 molecule. / Stahovich, J. T.; Rowe, B. A.; Arndt, Phillip T.; Hersh, A. D.; Wardach, P. L.; Huennekens, J. P.; Совков, Владимир Борисович; Lyyra, A. Marjatta; Ahmed, Ergin.
In: Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Vol. 109, No. 1, 012805, 10.01.2024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental study of the 31Δg and 41Δg states of the Rb2 molecule
AU - Stahovich, J. T.
AU - Rowe, B. A.
AU - Arndt, Phillip T.
AU - Hersh, A. D.
AU - Wardach, P. L.
AU - Huennekens, J. P.
AU - Совков, Владимир Борисович
AU - Lyyra, A. Marjatta
AU - Ahmed, Ergin
PY - 2024/1/10
Y1 - 2024/1/10
N2 - We report an experimental study of the highly excited 31Δg and 41Δg electronic states of the Rb2 molecule. Rovibrational levels of the two electronic states were probed using the high-resolution optical-optical double resonance technique by exciting Rb285 molecules from thermally populated levels of the X1ςg+ ground state through intermediate levels of the B1Πu electronic state. The Δg1 resonances induced by the probe laser were observed by detecting laser induced fluorescence from collisionally populated triplet states lying near the upper Δg1 states to the a3ςu+ triplet ground state. The Δg1 character of the two electronic states was confirmed by showing that the probe transitions to these states abide by 1Δ←1Π dipole selection rules and by observing that their lowest rotational level is J=2. A set of molecular constants and a Rydberg-Klein-Rees potential-energy curve were calculated from the observed term values for each electronic state and compared with ab initio predictions.
AB - We report an experimental study of the highly excited 31Δg and 41Δg electronic states of the Rb2 molecule. Rovibrational levels of the two electronic states were probed using the high-resolution optical-optical double resonance technique by exciting Rb285 molecules from thermally populated levels of the X1ςg+ ground state through intermediate levels of the B1Πu electronic state. The Δg1 resonances induced by the probe laser were observed by detecting laser induced fluorescence from collisionally populated triplet states lying near the upper Δg1 states to the a3ςu+ triplet ground state. The Δg1 character of the two electronic states was confirmed by showing that the probe transitions to these states abide by 1Δ←1Π dipole selection rules and by observing that their lowest rotational level is J=2. A set of molecular constants and a Rydberg-Klein-Rees potential-energy curve were calculated from the observed term values for each electronic state and compared with ab initio predictions.
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/72ac46bb-68ff-38ad-8c39-c8a4089d036a/
U2 - 10.1103/physreva.109.012805
DO - 10.1103/physreva.109.012805
M3 - Article
VL - 109
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
SN - 1050-2947
IS - 1
M1 - 012805
ER -
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