Laboratory observation of hot bands of H+3
- 1 November 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 93 (9), 6200-6209
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.458989
Abstract
The (2ν2,l=2←ν2), (2ν2,l=0←ν2), and (ν1+ν2←ν1) hot bands of H+3 were observed. The vibrationally hot ions were produced in a liquid nitrogen cooled 6 kHz ac discharge using gas mixtures of H2 and He. The spectra were detected in direct absorption using a newly extended tunable difference frequency spectrometer using both LiNbO3 and LiIO3 crystals as nonlinear optical elements. The range of this spectrometer is now ∼5300–∼1900 cm−1. The positions of the rovibrational transitions compare extremely well with the theoretical predictions of Miller and Tennyson. A vibrational temperature study of the discharge indicates a significant population inversion between the ν1 and ν2 levels.Keywords
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