THE LOW LYING ELECTRONIC STATES OF HOLMIUM OXIDE
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1983
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Ohio State University
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Laser spectroscopic techniques have been used to probe the structure of the Holmium Oxide (HoO) molecule. Resolved fluorescence has been used to determine energy linkages between electronic states. High resolution excitation spectroscopy was used to observe rotational and, in some cases, hyperfine structure. Several different transitions have been excited and rotationally analyzed. Of these, some show very large, well resolved hyperfine structure (I = 3.5 for Ho and each rotational line has 8 components). An energy diagram will be presented showing the linkages between and assignment of the low lying states, together with results of the rotational and hyperfine analysis. The assignment of the ground state, the energy order of the low lying states, and hyperfine structure will all be discussed in relation to predictions of Ligand Field Theory.
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Author Institution: Department of Physics, University Of New Brunswick Fredericton; Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge; Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge; Department of Physics, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton