Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 48, Numéro C7, Décembre 1987
1st International Laser M2P Conference
Page(s) C7-643 - C7-645
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19877155
1st International Laser M2P Conference

J. Phys. Colloques 48 (1987) C7-643-C7-645

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19877155

MULTIPHOTON ROTATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY OF THE NO MOLECULE : POLARIZATION EFFECTS IN THE FLUORESCENCE SPECTRUM COMPARED TO PHOTOIONIZATION, A WAY FOR DETERMINING THE CHANNELS TOWARDS IONIZATION

C. MAINOS1, E. BOURSEY2, H. DAMANY2, Y. LE DUFF1 and J.L. SUBTIL2

1  CNRS, LIMHP, Université Paris-Nord, F-93430 Villetaneuse, France
2  CNRS, UA-171, Equipe de Spectroscopie et Celphyra, 158 bis, Cours Fauriel, F-42023 Saint-Etienne Cedex, France


Abstract
The development of high power narrowband tunable pulsed lasers brings new investigation possibilities in the field of the optical spectroscopy of atoms and molecules. Although molecular spectroscopy is one of the research field in science having been extensively studied, a variety of important aspects have been demonstrated very recently in this field 1, 2, 3, 4 as radiation sources have been improved. Here, we intend to discuss polarization effects on the intensities of multiphoton excited rotational lines of simple molecules. Let us first recall the principles which govern these effects.