title: High-resolution transient-double-resonance spectroscopy in SF6.
abstract: Four distinct collisionless excitation processes are observed when SF(6) molecules are illuminated simultaneously by "weak" continuously tunable cw probe radiation and by "strong" pulsed-pump radiation. These processes are identified by studying the line shape, frequency, and temporal decay of the change in transmitted probe intensity induced by the pump pulse. The significance of this work for the spectroscopy of high vibrational levels and for collisionless dissociation is discussed briefly.
authors.affiliation: Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173, USA.
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Moulton
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Walpole
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mooradian