Measurement of the electronic transition dipole moment by Autler-Townes splitting: Comparison of three- and four-level excitation schemes for the Na 2 A 1∑ u + -X 1∑ g + system

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Ahmed, E ^a   Hansson, A ^a,f   Qi, P ^a   Kirova, T ^a   Lazoudis, A ^a   Kotochigova, S ^a   Lyyra, A M ^a   Li, L ^b   Qi, J ^c   Magnier, S ^d,e  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IUFM de Bretagne   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTLER-TOWNS SPLITTING; MOLECULAR TRANSITIONS; R -CENTROID APPROXIMATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; FLUORESCENCE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; QUANTUM THEORY;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 33644607329     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2164454     Document Type: Article

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