Chemical Reactions of Cold Molecular Ions and Molecular Radicals
Abstract
Support from AFOSR award FA9550-16-1-0117 has enabled the investigation of new schemes to access high orbital angular momentum Rydberg states and to characterize molecular ionization dynamics relevant to the production of molecular ions in a single, selected quantum state. Our unique scheme for molecular ion production involves accessing high orbital angular momentum () core-nonpenetrating (CNP) Rydberg states, which subsequently undergo spontaneous vibrational autoionization to generate the bare ion in a single selected v, J, M quantum state. Populating these CNP Rydberg states involves traversing a region of state space where predissociation leads to rapid non-radiative decay of the target species. This universally occurring decay process in molecules necessitates coherent population transfer to avoid these lossy intermediate states, motivating our development of optical-millimeter-wave stimulated Raman adiabatic passage as detailed in previous progress reports and in several of the publications supported by this award.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 03, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1185101
Entities
People
- Heather Lewandowski
Organizations
- Regents of the University of Colorado