Rotational Spectrum of a Dark State in 2-Fluoroethanol Using Microwave/ Radiofrequency-Infrared Multiple Resonance.

Abstract

Microwave/radiofrequency-infrared multiple resonance has been used with an electric-resonance optothermal spectrometer to characterize a weak 21.6 MHz perturbation in the infrared spectrum of the v14 C-O stretching vibration of 2-fluoroethanol. The infrared spectrum of 2-fluoroethanol was recorded at a resolution of approx. 2 MHz using a tunable microwave-sideband CO2 laser. The spectrum is fit by an asymmetric-rotor Hamiltonian to a precision of 0.6 MHz, except for the transitions to the 4(13) upper state which are split into doublets by an interaction between the 4(13) level and a rotational level of a nearby background, or dark, vibrational state.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 26, 1993
Accession Number
ADA272101

Entities

People

  • C. C. Miller
  • L. A. Philips

Organizations

  • Cornell University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Carbon Dioxide Lasers
  • Energy Levels
  • First Principles Calculations
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Ground State
  • Infrared Spectra
  • Measurement
  • Microwave Frequency
  • Molecular Beams
  • Molecular Physics
  • Molecules
  • Radio Frequency
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Wave Functions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Spectroscopy.

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  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers