Molecular‐beam laser spectroscopy of lanthanum monofluoride: Magnetic hyperfine and dipole moment measurements
作者:Benoit Simard、Andrew M. James
DOI:10.1063/1.463952
日期:1992.10
The lanthanum monofluoride molecule (LaF) was generated in a pulsed molecular beam by chemical reaction in a laser-produced plasma. The (0,0) and (1,0) bands of the B 1Π–X 1Σ+ system of LaF (ν00=16 184.52 cm−1), and the 0+–X 1Σ+ band (ν00=16 637.95 cm−1), were investigated at sub-Doppler resolution (120 MHz) using a ring dye laser to excite fluorescence. The electron orbital-nuclear spin interaction parameter (magnetic hyperfine a parameter) was determined to be +138(5) MHz and +149(5) MHz for the v=0 and v=1 levels of the B 1Π state, respectively (2σ error bounds). The observed hyperfine structure is interpreted in terms of ligand field theory. Molecular rotational constants for all three bands were found to be in good agreement with previous work [Schall et al., J. Mol. Spectrosc. 100, 437 (1983)]. The permanent electric dipole moments of the X 1Σ+ and 0+ states of LaF were determined by molecular-beam Stark spectroscopy to be 1.808(21) D and 3.43(10) D (2σ errors). Results are compared with recent experimental determinations of the dipole moments of the other group III monofluorides.