"Dispersed Laser Induced Fluorescence Study Of <span Class=""roman"">canh</span>_{<span Class=""roman"">2</span>} And <span Class=""roman"">cash</span>"

Steimle, Timothy

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Title

"Dispersed Laser Induced Fluorescence Study Of canh₂ And cash"

Author(s)

Steimle, Timothy

Contributor(s)

• Doyle, John M.
• Augenbraun, Benjamin
• Cheng, Lan
• Zhang, Chaoqun
• Le, Anh T.

Issue Date

2021-06-25

Keyword(s)

Small molecules

Abstract

The visible electronic transitions of the simple asymmetric top molecules CaSH and CaNH2 have been extensively studied both field-free $\footnote{Z. Morbi, C. Zhao, J.W. Hepburn, and P.F. Bernath, J. Chem. Phys. 108, 8891 (1998).}$, $\footnote{Z. Morbi, C. Zhao, and P.F. Bernath, J. Chem. Phys. 106, 4860 (1997).}$, $\footnote{P.M. Sheridan, M.J. Dick, J.-G. Wang, and P.F. Bernath, Mol. Phys. 105, 569 (2007).}$ and in the presence of static electric field $\footnote{C.T. Scurlock, T. Henderson, S. Bosely, K.Y. Jung, and T.C. Steimle, J. Chem. Phys. 100, (1994).}$, $\footnote{A.J. Marr, M. Tanimoto, D. Goodridge, and T.C. Steimle, J. Chem. Phys. 103, (1995).}$. The diagonal Franck Condon factors for these metal-centered transitions make these molecules appealing for optical cycling studies$^{f}$. These molecules can be readily aligned in the laboratory frame with the application of relatively small static electric field because of their small asymmetry splitting, and relatively large permanent a- and b-components of the electric dipole moments making them attractive as venues for quantum simulation and for investigation of fundamental physics (e.g. parity non-conservation). Here we report on the analysis of the dispersed laser induced fluorescence spectrum induced by both high-resolution and medium resolution laser excitation of the A-X, B-X and C-X bands of \chem{CaNH_2} and the B-X and C-X transitions of \chem{CaSH}. The experimentally determined branching ratios are compared to those predicted based on high-level electronic-structure calculations of potential energy surfaces. The molecules were generated via laser ablation/supersonic expansion and the 2D spectra (excitation $\it{vs}$ DLIF) recorded. Implications for laser cooling of the species will be presented.

Publisher

International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

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Text

Language

eng

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DOI

10.15278/isms.2021.FL04

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