PMID: 11605274Oct 19, 2001Paper

Dynamics of the 1 3 pi g state of K2 on helium nanodroplets

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J H RehoKevin K Lehmann

Abstract

Fluorescence following optical excitation of the 1 3 sigma u+ state of K2 prepared on helium nanodroplets to the predissociative 1 3 pi g state yields molecular emission from both the (B)1 1 pi u and (A)1 1 sigma u+ K2 states as well as atomic emission from the expected 4 2P3/2, 1/2-->4 2S1/2 dissociation channel. A approximately 12 cm-1 red shift is observed in the molecular emission excitation spectrum compared to the atomic emission excitation spectrum. Time-correlated photon counting measurements demonstrate the rise time for both atomic and molecular products to be < 80 ps, independent of vibrational level excited. This lifetime is interpreted as the total depopulation time for the optically excited 1 3 pi g state, which is dominated by intersystem crossing at low vibrational energy and by predissociation at the highest vibrational level. It is deduced that the timescale for intersystem crossing must be of the order of 10 ps. Symmetry restrictions for the isolated K2 imply that the intersystem crossing from the 1 3 pi g state to the (B)1 1 pi u and (A)1 1 sigma u+ states must be induced by interaction with the helium nanodroplet.

Citations

Apr 17, 2002·Physical Review Letters·Kevin K Lehmann
Jun 8, 2007·The Journal of Physical Chemistry. a·Gerald AuböckWolfgang E Ernst

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