HIGH-RESOLUTION 3-PHOTON SPECTROSCOPY AND MULTIPHOTON INTERFERENCE IN MOLECULAR-HYDROGEN

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作者
GILLIGAN, JM [1 ]
EYLER, EE [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV DELAWARE, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, NEWARK, DE 19716 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1991年 / 43卷 / 11期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.43.6406
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Under favorable circumstances, a pulse-amplified cw dye laser can be used to excite three-photon resonant, four-photon transitions without significant power broadening. We have used this technique to make precise vacuum ultraviolet measurements, and to observe the cancellation of three-photon resonances due to third-harmonic generation at much lower number densities than has previously been possible. Three transitions to the B and C states of molecular hydrogen near 100 000 cm-1 have been measured with an accuracy up to 0.04 cm-1, twice that of previous measurements.
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