FINAL-STATE ALIGNMENT FROM THE QUANTUM-STATE-SELECTED PHOTODISSOCIATION OF K-2 BY ALL-OPTICAL TRIPLE-RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY

Authors
JI B YIANNOPOULOU A KLEIBER PD LYYRA AM STWALLEY WC
Citation
B. Ji et al., FINAL-STATE ALIGNMENT FROM THE QUANTUM-STATE-SELECTED PHOTODISSOCIATION OF K-2 BY ALL-OPTICAL TRIPLE-RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY, Physical review. A, 49(3), 1994, pp. 180001535-180001538
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
49
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
180001535 - 180001538
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1994)49:3<180001535:FAFTQP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We have measured the final atomic excited-state alignment following th e quantum-state-selected photodissociation of K2 through quasibound ro tational resonance states using cw all-optical triple resonance spectr oscopy. This process constitutes the half-collision analog of K + K s cattering through a precisely quantum-state-selected orbiting resonanc e. The final atomic-state alignment depends sensitively on the parity of the excited continuum state. The experimental results show excellen t agreement with theoretical calculations.