Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 48, Numéro C7, Décembre 1987
1st International Laser M2P Conference
Page(s) C7-655 - C7-657
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19877158
1st International Laser M2P Conference

J. Phys. Colloques 48 (1987) C7-655-C7-657

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19877158

LASER SPECTROSCOPY AND QUANTUM CHAOS : AN EXAMPLE THROUGH THE FOURIER TRANSFORM OF A STIMULATED EMISSION PUMPING SPECTRA OF C2H2 AT VERY HIGH VIBRATIONAL ENERGY

J.P. PIQUE1, Y. CHEN2, R.W. FIELD2 and J.L. KINSEY2

1  Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique, CNRS UA-08 et Celphyra, Université Scientifique, Technologique et Médicale de Grenoble, BP 87, F-38402 Saint-Martin-d'Hères Cedex France
2  Department of Chemistry and Georges Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A.


Abstract
The spectra of polyatoinic molecules at high levels of vibrational excitation are extremely complex and are technically difficult to obtain because of very small Franck Condon factors. Stimulated Emission Pumping (SEP) technique is capable to enormously simplify such spectra by restricting the number of rotational transitions and by forcing the population of an intermediate state to the ground state using high peak power lasers. SEP spectroscopy is basically a variant of Optical-Optical-Double-Resonance (OODR) spectroscopy (figure 1).