Title :
Ultrahigh resolution pulsed XUV laser applications: lifetimes for the excited /sup 1//spl Phi//sub u/ states of molecular nitrogen
Author :
Baldwin, K.G.H. ; Sprengers, J.P. ; Ubachs, W. ; Lewis, B.R. ; Gibson, S.T.
Author_Institution :
Res. Sch. of Phys. Sci. & Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT
Abstract :
Using frequency multiplication of an ultra-high resolution dye laser we perform XUV+UV measurements of the predissociation linewidths of several 1Piu states in N2. Local singlet-triplet interactions were observed and new triplet states discovered
Keywords :
dye lasers; nitrogen; optical frequency conversion; photodissociation; predissociation; spectral line breadth; spectroscopic light sources; triplet state; ultraviolet spectra; N2; excited 1Piu states; frequency multiplication; molecular nitrogen; predissociation linewidths; singlet-triplet interactions; ultrahigh resolution dye laser; ultrahigh resolution pulsed XUV laser applications;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4