TY - JOUR
T1 - Preparation of a wave packet through a mixed level in Li 2; predissociation of one member of the superposition
AU - Dai, Xingcan
AU - Torres, Elva A.
AU - Lerch, Eliza Beth W.
AU - Wilson, Dalziel J.
AU - Leone, Stephen R.
N1 - Funding Information:
The financial support of this work by the Chemistry Division of the National Science Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 2005/1/24
Y1 - 2005/1/24
N2 - Through a mixed level, which has characters of both the A 1Σ u + and b 3Π u states of Li 2, several singlet and triplet Rydberg states are accessed simultaneously using an ultrafast laser. The electronic, vibrational and rotational wave packets of these Rydberg states are detected. Since a single member of the excited superposition, 2 3Σ g + (v = 12, N = 16), is predissociative, the intensities of the quantum beats that have a component of this state decrease much faster with time (≈250 ps) than the other stable states. The polarization dependence of the quantum beats is utilized to assign the spectra.
AB - Through a mixed level, which has characters of both the A 1Σ u + and b 3Π u states of Li 2, several singlet and triplet Rydberg states are accessed simultaneously using an ultrafast laser. The electronic, vibrational and rotational wave packets of these Rydberg states are detected. Since a single member of the excited superposition, 2 3Σ g + (v = 12, N = 16), is predissociative, the intensities of the quantum beats that have a component of this state decrease much faster with time (≈250 ps) than the other stable states. The polarization dependence of the quantum beats is utilized to assign the spectra.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cplett.2004.12.014
DO - 10.1016/j.cplett.2004.12.014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:11444261609
VL - 402
SP - 126
EP - 132
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
SN - 0009-2614
IS - 1-3
ER -