• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 4, Issue 7, 376 (2006)
Jing Liu1、2、*, Kang Dai2, and Yifan Shen2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049
  • 2Department of Physics, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046
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    Jing Liu, Kang Dai, Yifan Shen. Collisional broadening of some 2^1Delta_g<--B^1Pi_u lines in Na2 molecules by optical-optical double resonance spectroscopy[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2006, 4(7): 376 Copy Citation Text show less

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    Using the optical-optical double resonance (OODR) technique, we have studied the collisional broadening of some 2^1Delta_g<--B^1Pi_u lines in Na2 molecules. A single line Ar+ laser is used to pump the sodium dimers from thermally populated ground state X^1Sigma+_g level to the intermediate B^1Pi_u state. Then, a single-mode diode laser is used to probe the doubly excited 2^1Delta_g state. The broadening rate coefficient is determined from the slope of the total linewidth versus Ne density curve. We obtain the average value k_(br)=(1.1+-0.5)*10^(-8) cm3/s. The collisional excitation transfer between rotational levels of the B^1Pi_u state (i.e., B^1Pi_u(2,83/84)<--B^1Pi_u(2,82)) is also investigated. The rates can be determined from the relative intensities of the main peak and satellite lines, combined with a rate equation model. The rates of 1.25*10^(6) and 1.07*10^(6) /s are obtained, respectively.
    Jing Liu, Kang Dai, Yifan Shen. Collisional broadening of some 2^1Delta_g<--B^1Pi_u lines in Na2 molecules by optical-optical double resonance spectroscopy[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2006, 4(7): 376
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