title: The vibrationless A<--X transition of the jet-cooled deuterated methyl peroxy radical CD3O2 by cavity ringdown spectroscopy.
abstract: The nearly rotationally resolved spectrum of the A (2)A(')<--X (2)A(") 0(0)(0) transition of perdeutero methyl peroxy near 1.35 microm has been studied via pulsed cavity ringdown spectroscopy. Albeit, this is a weak transition, it is possible to observe the spectrum under jet-cooled conditions (approximately 15 K) by combining a source of narrow-bandwidth radiation (approximately 250 MHz) with a supersonic slit-jet expansion incorporating an electric discharge. The near infrared radiation was obtained by using stimulated Raman scattering and a pulsed, nearly Fourier-transform-limited Ti:sapphire amplifier seeded by a scanable cw Ti:sapphire ring laser. The experimental spectrum has been fitted using a model Hamiltonian that includes the rigid body rotation of an asymmetric top and the spin-rotation interaction. An excellent quality fit was obtained resulting in the determination of 15 molecular parameters characterizing the A and X states. Other results reported for CD(3)O(2) include an estimate of the radical concentration and the vibronic transition dipole from the observed absorption intensities. Details about the spectral linewidths are also discussed.
authors: Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 120 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
authors: Shenghai
authors: S
authors: Wu
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Dupré
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Rupper
authors: Terry A
authors: TA
authors: Miller