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1981

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Collisional Depolarization Of State Selected (J,M J ) Bao A 1Σ+ Measured By Optical–Optical Double Resonance, Stuart J. Silvers, Richard A. Gottscho, Robert W. Field Jan 1981

Collisional Depolarization Of State Selected (J,M J ) Bao A 1Σ+ Measured By Optical–Optical Double Resonance, Stuart J. Silvers, Richard A. Gottscho, Robert W. Field

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The optical–optical double resonance (OODR) technique is used to investigate the change in magnetic quantum number (M) a state selected molecule undergoes on collision with other molecules. A first linearly polarized dye laser prepares A1Σ+BaO(v = 1) in the J = 1, M = 0 sublevel. The extent of collisional transfer to other M sublevels of both J = 1 and J = 2 is then probed by a second polarized dye laser which induces fluorescence from the C1Σ+ state. Elastic collisions (ΔJ = 0) between BaO (A …