Stark Interference of Electric and Magnetic Dipole Transitions in the AX Band of OH

H. Christian Schewe, Dongdong Zhang, Gerard Meijer, Robert W. Field, Boris G. Sartakov, Gerrit C. Groenenboom, Ad van der Avoird, and Nicolas Vanhaecke
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 153001 – Published 11 April 2016

Abstract

An experimental method is demonstrated that allows determination of the ratio between the electric (E1) and magnetic (M1) transition dipole moments in the AX band of OH, including their relative sign. Although the transition strengths differ by more than 3 orders of magnitude, the measured M1-to-E1 ratio agrees with the ratio of the ab initio calculated values to within 3%. The relative sign is found to be negative, also in agreement with theory.

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  • Received 6 February 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.153001

© 2016 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Atomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

H. Christian Schewe, Dongdong Zhang*, and Gerard Meijer

  • Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany

Robert W. Field

  • Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

Boris G. Sartakov

  • General Physics Institute, RAS, Vavilov Street 38, 119991 Moscow, Russia

Gerrit C. Groenenboom and Ad van der Avoird§

  • Theoretical Chemistry, IMM, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Nicolas Vanhaecke

  • Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany and Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, ENS Cachan, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France

  • *Present address: Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Present address: Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands.
  • Present address: European Patent Office, Patentlaan 2, 2288 EE Rijswijk, Netherlands.
  • §Corresponding author. A.vanderAvoird@theochem.ru.nl

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Vol. 116, Iss. 15 — 15 April 2016

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