Shedding light on a dark state: The energetically lowest quintet state of C 2

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Bornhauser, P ^a   Sych, Y ^a   Knopp, G ^a   Gerber, T ^a   Radi, P P ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DARK STATE; DIATOMIC MOLECULES; ELECTRONIC LEVELS; ENERGY CURVE; EXPERIMENTAL ENVIRONMENT; FOUR-WAVE MIXING SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE; HIGH SPIN STATE; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; L-UNCOUPLING; LINE POSITIONS; MOLECULAR CONSTANTS; NONTHERMAL EMISSION; POPULATION FLOW; QUINTET STATE; ROTATIONAL LEVELS; ROTATIONAL QUANTUM NUMBERS; SHEDDING LIGHT; SPECTRAL FEATURE; SPECTRAL REGION; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; SPIN COMPONENTS; SPIN ORBITS; TRANSITION STRENGTHS; WINDOW LEVEL;

FOUR WAVE MIXING; SPIN DYNAMICS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 79551597900     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3526747     Document Type: Article

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