DIRECT OBSERVATION OF $^{3}\Pi_{g}$ STATES OF THE $Na_{2}$ MOLECULE BY OPTICAL-OPTICAL DOUBLE RESONANCE
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1983
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Ohio State University
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Six $Na_{2}$ vibrational levels of $^{3}\Pi_{0g}$ symmetry have been observed near $34000 cm^{-1}$ by Optical-Optical Double Resonance (OODR) fluorescence excitation spectroscopy. $Na_{2}$ molecules were excited from the $X^{1}\Sigma_{g}^{+}$ state, using a single-mode cw dye laser, to singlet-triplet mixed $J=13,14,$ or 15 levels of the $b^{3}\Pi0_{u}v=24-A^{1}\Sigma_{u}^{+}$ v=22 perturbation $complex.^{1}$ OODR transitions into the $^{3}\Pi_{0g}$ levels were detected by monitoring $^{3}\Pi_{0g}\rightarrow a^{3}\Sigma_{u}^{+}$ fluorescence near 430 nm as the wavelength of a second cw dye laser was scanned. The levels observed [FIGURE] belong to two $^{3}\Pi_{0}g$ states. The triplet character of these states was evident from the greater intensity of OODR excitation out of levels of predominant $b^{3}\Pi_{u}$ (extra lines) rather than $A^{1}\Sigma_{u}^{+}$ (main lines.) character. The $^{3}\Pi_{0}$ assignment was based on the absence of Q branch lines.
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$^{1}$J.B. Atkinson et al., Chem. Phys. Lett. 87, 92 (1982), (tentative $v\Pi$ assignment).
Author Institution: Institute of Salt Lake, Academia Sinica; Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge
Author Institution: Institute of Salt Lake, Academia Sinica; Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge