Triplet Rydberg States of Aluminum Monofluoride.

ABSTRACT: Aluminum monofluoride (AlF) is a suitable molecule for laser cooling and trapping. Such experiments require extensive spectroscopic characterization of the electronic structure. Two of the theoretically predicted higher-lying triplet states of AlF, the counterparts of the well-characterized D¹Δ and E¹Π states, had not been experimentally identified yet. We here report on the characterization of the d³Π (v = 0-6) and e³Δ (v = 0-2) states, confirming the predicted energetic ordering of these states (J. Chem. Phys. 1988, 88, 5715-5725), as well as of the f³Σ⁺ (v = 0-2) state. The transition intensity of the d³Π, v = 3 - a³Π, v = 3 band is negligibly s

SUBMITTER: Walter N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11017311 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature