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Main Authors: Hjältén, Adrian, de Oliveira, Vinicius Silva, Silander, Isak, Rosina, Andrea, Rey, Michael, Rutkowski, Lucile, Soboń, Grzegorz, Lehmann, Kevin K., Foltynowicz, Aleksandra
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.08244
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author Hjältén, Adrian
de Oliveira, Vinicius Silva
Silander, Isak
Rosina, Andrea
Rey, Michael
Rutkowski, Lucile
Soboń, Grzegorz
Lehmann, Kevin K.
Foltynowicz, Aleksandra
author_facet Hjältén, Adrian
de Oliveira, Vinicius Silva
Silander, Isak
Rosina, Andrea
Rey, Michael
Rutkowski, Lucile
Soboń, Grzegorz
Lehmann, Kevin K.
Foltynowicz, Aleksandra
contents We use optical-optical double-resonance (OODR) spectroscopy with a continuous wave (CW) pump and a cavity-enhanced frequency comb probe to measure high rotational energy levels of methane in the upper part of the triacontad polyad (P6). A high-power CW optical parametric oscillator, tunable around 3000 cm$^{-1}$, is consecutively locked to the P(7, A$_2$), Q(7, A$_2$), R(7, A$_2$), and Q(6, F$_2$) transitions in the $ν$$_3$ band, and a comb covering the 5800-6100 cm$^{-1}$ range probes sub-Doppler ladder-type transitions from the pumped levels with J' = 6 to 8, respectively. We report 118 probe transitions in the 3$ν$$_3$ $\leftarrow$ $ν$$_3$ spectral range with uncertainties down to 300 kHz (1 x 10$^{-5}$ cm$^{-1}$), reaching 84 unique final states in the 9070-9370 cm$^{-1}$ range with rotational quantum numbers J between 5 and 9. We assign these states using combination differences and by comparison to theoretical predictions from a new ab initio-based effective Hamiltonian and dipole moment operator. This is the first line-by-line experimental verification of theoretical predictions for these hot-band transitions, and we find a better agreement of transition wavenumbers with the new calculations compared to the TheoReTS/HITEMP and ExoMol databases. We also compare the relative intensities and find an overall good agreement with all three sets of predictions. Finally, we report the wavenumbers of 27 transitions in the 2$ν$$_3$ spectral range, observed as V-type transitions from the ground state, and compare them to the new Hamiltonian, HITRAN2020, ExoMol and the WKMLC line lists.
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spellingShingle Measurement and assignment of J = 5 to 9 rotational energy levels in the 9070-9370 cm$^{-1}$ range of methane using optical frequency comb double-resonance spectroscopy
Hjältén, Adrian
de Oliveira, Vinicius Silva
Silander, Isak
Rosina, Andrea
Rey, Michael
Rutkowski, Lucile
Soboń, Grzegorz
Lehmann, Kevin K.
Foltynowicz, Aleksandra
Chemical Physics
We use optical-optical double-resonance (OODR) spectroscopy with a continuous wave (CW) pump and a cavity-enhanced frequency comb probe to measure high rotational energy levels of methane in the upper part of the triacontad polyad (P6). A high-power CW optical parametric oscillator, tunable around 3000 cm$^{-1}$, is consecutively locked to the P(7, A$_2$), Q(7, A$_2$), R(7, A$_2$), and Q(6, F$_2$) transitions in the $ν$$_3$ band, and a comb covering the 5800-6100 cm$^{-1}$ range probes sub-Doppler ladder-type transitions from the pumped levels with J' = 6 to 8, respectively. We report 118 probe transitions in the 3$ν$$_3$ $\leftarrow$ $ν$$_3$ spectral range with uncertainties down to 300 kHz (1 x 10$^{-5}$ cm$^{-1}$), reaching 84 unique final states in the 9070-9370 cm$^{-1}$ range with rotational quantum numbers J between 5 and 9. We assign these states using combination differences and by comparison to theoretical predictions from a new ab initio-based effective Hamiltonian and dipole moment operator. This is the first line-by-line experimental verification of theoretical predictions for these hot-band transitions, and we find a better agreement of transition wavenumbers with the new calculations compared to the TheoReTS/HITEMP and ExoMol databases. We also compare the relative intensities and find an overall good agreement with all three sets of predictions. Finally, we report the wavenumbers of 27 transitions in the 2$ν$$_3$ spectral range, observed as V-type transitions from the ground state, and compare them to the new Hamiltonian, HITRAN2020, ExoMol and the WKMLC line lists.
title Measurement and assignment of J = 5 to 9 rotational energy levels in the 9070-9370 cm$^{-1}$ range of methane using optical frequency comb double-resonance spectroscopy
topic Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.08244