研究目的
To study the rotationally resolved spectra of the H3Σ?u - X3Σ?g electronic transition bands of Si2 using laser induced fluorescence in the 380 - 520 nm range, and to determine spectroscopic constants for both X3Σ?g and H3Σ?u states.
研究成果
The high resolution spectroscopic survey of the H3Σ?u - X3Σ?g electronic transition of Si2 has yielded an accurate determination of spectroscopic constants for both X3Σ?g and H3Σ?u states. The spectral resolution has enabled to fully resolve the triplet spin-splitting structures in individual rotational transition lines, and consequently, to experimentally determine spin-splitting effect in both states for the first time. Comparable values of the spin-spin interaction constants for both X3Σ?g and H3Σ?u states are found, which may originate from the 3p atomic orbital interaction in the triplet Si2 molecule. The agreement between the experimentally measured and calculated dispersed fluorescence spectra indicates that the RKR calculations with the molecular constants determined in this work can accurately reproduce the potentials of both states.
研究不足
The technical and application constraints of the experiments include the non-detection of the (0, 0) origin band transition due to very small Franck-Condon factor (< 0.01), and the challenges in accurately determining the spin-spin interaction constants in previous studies due to non-resolved triplet spin-splitting.