Near-infrared diode laser spectroscopy of free radicals.
Spectroscopic results on the radicals HCSi, CCO, and FeC obtained by studying in detail energy level structures using 0.8 microm diode laser system are reported. Of these radicals, the CCO radical was investigated mainly using Fabry-Perot type diode lasers with inconvenient mode gaps in the early stage of our near-infrared diode laser spectroscopic study of free radicals, and on the other hand, the FeC and HCSi radicals were studied using an external cavity diode laser. For the FeC radical, which is an interesting radical composed of an iron atom having 3d electrons, information on spin-orbit interaction between the triplet electronic ground state and a low-lying singlet electronic excited state is reported somewhat in detail. For the HCSi and CCO radicals, spectral particularities produced by a Renner-Teller interaction and a spin-orbit interaction are described for their high-resolution spectroscopic interest.
Molecular Constants of CFe X 3 Δ i Iron Carbide
This chapter contains a tabular compilation of spectroscopic constants, permanent electric dipole moment, other molecular constants and deperturbation analysis of iron carbide at different quantum state.
Examination of the 2A’2 and 2E‘ states of NO3 by ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy of NO−3
The photoelectron spectrum of the NO−3 anion has been obtained at 266 and at 213 nm. The 266 nm spectrum probes the 2A’2 ground state of NO3. The 213 nm spectrum represents the first observation of the 2E‘ lowest‐lying excited state of NO3. The 2A2 band shows vibrational progressions in the ν1 symmetric stretch and the ν4 degenerate in‐plane bend of NO3. Our analysis of this band indicates that the NO3 ground state has a D3h equilibrium geometry and is vibronically coupled to the 2E’ second excited state via the ν4 mode. We also obtain the electron affinity of NO3, 3.937±0.014 eV, and the heat of formation of NO3 at 298 K, 0.777±0.027 eV (17.9±0.6 kcal/mol). The 2E‘ state of NO3 lies 0.868±0.014 eV above the ground state. The 2E‘ band shows complex and extensive vibrational structure. Several possible assignments of this structure are discussed.