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Spin-orbit cooling and population inversion in nozzle expansions of NH

✍ Scribed by P.G. Carrick; P.C. Engelking

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1984
Tongue: English
Weight: 326 KB
Volume: 108
Category: Article
ISSN: 0009-2614
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(84)85189-1

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✦ Synopsis

Cooling of molecular spin-orbit fine structure in a nozzle expansion is demonstrated with a non-case (a) diatomic molecule, tlre A 3n state of NH_ Not only is coolins mpid, comparable to the rate of rotational cool.in~, but several population inversions are observed_