Document Type
Article
Version
Publisher's PDF
Publication Title
Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume
109
Publication Date
7-1-1998
Abstract
Two-color resonant four-wave mixing (TC-RFWM) spectroscopy has been used to probe highly excited v = 0 and v = 1 Rydberg states of nitric oxide. Transitions to n = 16-30, v = 0, Rydberg states, and the 8p, 9p, 7f, 8f, 8s, and 9s, v = 1 Rydberg states from the A (2)Sigma(+), v' = 0 and 1 states have been recorded. The decay rate of the 8p and 9p, v = 1 states has been extracted from the observed line profiles by using a recently developed model for the excitation of quasibound resonances in TC-RFWM spectroscopy. Transitions from the A (2)Sigma(+), v' = 1 state to the X (2)Pi(3/2), v " = 10 state have also been observed, allowing an absolute calibration of the TC-RFWM signal intensity. This calibration is used to determine an excited-state absorption cross section for the 9p, v = 1 Rydberg state. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-9606(98)01625-0].
Publisher's Statement
Copyright (1998) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in J. Chem. Phys. 109, 63 (1998) and may be found at http://jcp.aip.org/resource/1/jcpsa6/v109/i1/p63/s1.
Citation
E.F. McCormack, F. Di Teodoro, J.M. Grochocinski and S.T. Pratt, J. Chem. Phys. 109, 63 (1998).
DOI
10.1063/1.476540