LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS OF EXCITED MOLECULAR-STATES USING A TI SAPPHIRELASER RADIATIVE LIFETIMES OF THE A(2)PI, B(2)SIGMA(+) AND C(2)PI STATES OF BAF

Authors
BERG LE OLSSON T CHANTELOUP JC HISHIKAWA A ROYEN P
Citation
Le. Berg et al., LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS OF EXCITED MOLECULAR-STATES USING A TI SAPPHIRELASER RADIATIVE LIFETIMES OF THE A(2)PI, B(2)SIGMA(+) AND C(2)PI STATES OF BAF, Molecular physics, 79(4), 1993, pp. 721-725
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Molecular physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00268976
Volume
79
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
721 - 725
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-8976(1993)79:4<721:LMOEMU>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A time resolved experiment on the lowest lying states of barium fluori de has been performed by applying laser resonance methods in the near infrared and green-blue wavelength regions. The A2PI and B2SIGMA+ stat es have been examined using Ti:sapphire laser excitations in the 710-8 50 nm wavelength region. The C2PI state was examined using the 496.5 n m Ar+ laser line and the lifetime of this state was in accordance with earlier measurements. The lifetimes obtained for the BaF molecule wer e: A2PI3/2, 46.1 +/- 0.9 ns; B2SIGMA+, 41.7 +/- 0.3 ns.