STUDY ON THE SPECTROSCOPY OF TRANSITION METAL FLUORIDES

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2002

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Ohio State University

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We present the spectra of NiF and CuF by using pulsed dc discharge to produce the species and laser induced fluorescence technique under free jet-cooled conditions. For NiF molecule, twenty one electro nic transition in the $400-580$ nm region, involving five high-lying electronic states $[18.1] ^{2}\Delta_{5/2}$, ${[19.7]}^{2}\Pi_{3/2}$, $[20.0]^{2}\Delta_{5/2}$, $[20.3]\Pi_{3/2}$ and $[22.9]^{2}\Pi_{i}$ and two lower states, the ground state $X {^{2}}\Pi_{3/2}$ and the low-lying state $[0.25]^{2}\Sigma$, respectively, are rotationally analyzed. The molecular constants of these five upper states are determined. The $[20.3] \Pi_{3/2}$ state is identified and may be linked to the component of a unreported quartet state. A previously reported $[20.0]^{2}\Pi_{1/2}$ component may be rea ssigned as a ${^{2}}\Delta_{5/2}$. For CuF molecule, the spectra in the $450-510$nm region are observed. They mainly result from the B-X and C-X transitions. The rotationally resolved bands $B(^{1}\Sigma^{+}, v^{\prime})(v^{\prime} = 0 - 3) - X(^{1}\Sigma^{+}, v^{\prime\prime} = 0)$ and $C(^{1}\Pi, v^{\prime})(v^{\prime} =0-2)-X(^{1}\Sigma^{+})$ are observed. The spectroscopic isotopic shifts between $^{65}$CuF and $^{63}$CuF are observed. The rotational constants for low and upper states are derived.

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Author Institution: Laboratory of Bond Selective Chemistry, and Department of Chemical Phys ics, University of Science and Technology of China

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