✦ LIBER ✦
Quantum beat spectroscopy of jet-cooled transient radicals generated by a pulsed electrical discharge
✍ Scribed by Ian M. Povey; Robert T. Carter; H. Bitto; J. Robert Huber
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 441 KB
- Volume
- 248
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-2614
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Using a pulsed electrical discharge nozzle, we have extended quantum beat spectroscopy to radicals in a molecular beam. To demonstrate the method, we studied three prototypical systems: the diatomic radical OD, the radical van der Waals complex Ar.OD and the polyatomic vinoxy radical (CH2CHO). In all three cases hyperfine quantum beats were observed and identified on the fluorescence decays from excited electronic states with or without an external magnetic field. The application of this method to other radical systems is discussed.