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Coincidence in the Two-Photon Spectra of Li and Li2 at 735 nm

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Author(s)

W DeGraffenreid, Craig J. Sansonetti

Abstract

A coincidence between the 2S - 3S two-photon transition in the spectrum of atomic Li and the X 1Sg+ E 1Sg two-photon ro-vibrational series of 7Li2 was observed near 735 nm in a heat pipe oven using a tunable laser and thermionic diode detection scheme. The molecular transition obscures one component of the 6Li atomic transition. Selective detection of the atomic transition was obtained by adding an intensity-modulated laser that drives atoms from the 3S to 16P state. The coincident molecular transition and four nearby molecular lines were identified using previously determined Dunham coefficients.
Citation
Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Volume
38
Issue
No 4

Keywords

atomic spectroscopy, laser spectroscopy, lithium, lithium dimer, molecular spectroscopy

Citation

DeGraffenreid, W. and Sansonetti, C. (2005), Coincidence in the Two-Photon Spectra of Li and Li<sub>2</sub> at 735 nm, Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (Accessed October 31, 2024)

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Created January 31, 2005, Updated October 12, 2021