THE INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SPECTRUM OF OD IN THE INFRARED

To gain more information about the highly excited rotational states of the DELTA-nu = 1 sequence of OD vibration-rotation bands, the spectrum has been produced in an inductively coupled plasma discharge and measured with a Fourier transform spectrometer between 1670 and 5768 cm-1. Along with the extension of 1-0 band, we have been successful in recording the 2-1 band for tie first time. A nonlinear least square fit of these bands yielded equilibrium molecular parameters for nu = 0, 1 and 2 levels with a standard deviation of 0.0032 cm-1. The centrifugal distortion parameters show a systematic vibrational dependance.