Rt. Carter et al., QUANTUM BEAT STUDY OF THE NUCLEAR HYPERFINE-STRUCTURE OF OD AND AR-CENTER-DOT-OD IN THEIR A-(2)SIGMA(+) ELECTRONIC STATES, The Journal of chemical physics, 104(14), 1996, pp. 5365-5373
The nuclear hyperfine structure of OD and Ar . OD in their A (2) Sigma
(+) electronic states has been studied by quantum beat spectroscopy. T
he very cold transient species were produced in a supersonic expansion
using a pulsed discharge nozzle. Coherent excitation of hyperfine (hf
) states, arising from one fine structure (OD) or rotational (Ar . OD)
level, created quantum beats on the fluorescence decay. The beat freq
uencies, which correspond to energy separations between hf levels, cou
ld be measured to +/-75 kHz. The splitting of the hf levels into their
Zeeman components was investigated in a weak magnetic field. A fit of
the zero field and Zeeman data yielded the relevant constants for the
nuclear magnetic and electric quadrupole hyperfine interactions as we
ll as the pertinent g-factors in each species. In the case of OD, the
hf parameters agree well with those reported previously but are more a
ccurately defined. For Ar . OD the previously unknown hyperfine and sp
in-rotation parameters of the A (2) Sigma(+) State were determined. A
comparison of the hf parameters in the two systems allowed assessment
of the effect of van der Waals complex formation on the electron distr
ibution. Thus complexation is found to reduce the unpaired electron de
nsity on the deuteron by 7% which is indicative of significant chemica
l bonding between the Ar atom and the OD moiety in the A (2) Sigma(+)
state of Ar . OD. For both systems, the g-factors g(s) and g(l) obtain
ed suggest an admixture of other, possibly quartet, electronic states
into the A (2) Sigma(+) state. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.