Analysis of microwave and infrared transitions of phenol by rotation-internal rotation theory. Phenol-OD

Rotational transitions of the torsional ground and first excited state of phenol-OD have been measured in the frequency range 8–40 GHz. In a semi-rigid model approach to the internal rotation, kinetic and potential constants have been fitted to the far-infrared torsional frequencies and the microwave transition frequencies for the ground and the excited state separately. It is further shown that an acceptable agreement between observed and calculated spectra has simultaneously been obtained for the torsional ground and first excited state using the contravariant kinetic coefficients g^mn as fitting parameters.     

Microwave spectrum of trans 3-fluorophenol in excited torsional states

The microwave rotational spectra of the trans conformer of 3-fluorophenol have been observed in excited torsional states and analyzed in the frequency range 12.0-43.0 GHz using conventional microwave and Radio-Frequency Microwave Double Resonance (RFMWDR) techniques. Analysis of the ground torsional state spectrum has been extended to higher rotational states. Least-squares analysis of three sets of rotational transitions yield rotational and centrifugal distortion constants for the ground and first two excited torsional states. A nonlinear behavior of the variation of inertial defect with the torsional quantum number was observed.     

Spectra and structure of small ring compounds. Microwave spectrum of cyanocyclobutane

The rotational spectrum of cyanocyclobutane has been investigated in the region 18.0–40.0 GHz. Only A-type transitions were observed. R-branch assignments have been made for the ground state and the first three excited states of the ring puckering mode as well as the first two excited states of the out-of-plane cyano-bending mode. The microwave data are consistent with a bent equilibrium ground state for the ring with the cyano-group in the equatorial position. The dipole moment components were determined to be μ_a = 4.04 ± 0.09 D and μ_c = 0.92 ± 0.03 D with the total dipole moment, μ, having a value of 4.14 ± 0.09 D.     

Microwave spectrum of 3-bromopropene in the excited torsional states

The microwave spectra in the excited states of the CC torsion for the ⁷⁹Br and ⁸¹Br isotopic species of 3-bromopropene were measured in the frequency region 15.3–23.7 GHz. The a-type R-branch and b-type Q-branch rotational transitions in the first and second excited states of one conformer, skew, have been assigned and analyzed. Analysis of the spectrum yields the rotational constants and the nuclear quadrupole coupling constants. From relative intensity measurements the energy differences associated with the CC torsion, between the ground and first excited state, the ground and second excited state have been found to lie 109 and 206 cm^?1, respectively.     

Internal rotation and inversion doubling in the microwave spectrum of CH3NHCl

The microwave “a” and “c” type spectra of four isotopic species of CH₃NHCl in the ground state and of CH₃NHCl³⁵ and CH₃NDCl³⁵ in the first excited torsional state have been analyzed. From the A-E torsional splittings of the excited state the torsional barrier height has been determined to be V₃ = 3710 ± 46 cal/mole. The “c” type transitions show an inversion doubling of 4.60 ± 0.10 MHz in the ground state and of 5.25 ± 0.10 MHz in the first excited torsional state. Such doublings are independent on the rotational quantum numbers within the experimental errors. The height of the inversion barrier has been roughly evaluated by using the Dennison-Uhlenbeck potential.     

A new joint analysis of the ground and first excited torsional states of methylformate

A global fit within experimental accuracy of microwave rotational transitions in the ground and first excited torsional states (v_t = 0 and 1) of methylformate (HCOOCH₃) is reported, which combines older measurements from the literature with new measurements from Kharkov. In this study the so-called ‘‘rho axis method’’ that treats simultaneously both A and E species of the ground and first excited torsional states is used. The final fit requires 55 parameters to achieve an overall unitless weighted standard deviation of 0.71 for a total of 10533 transitions (corresponding to 9298 measured lines) with rotational quantum numbers up to J ? 62 and K_a ? 26 in the ground state and J ? 35 and K_a ? 23 in the first excited torsional state. These results represent a significant improvement over past fitting attempts, providing for the first time a fit within experimental accuracy of both ground and first excited torsional states.     

The microwave spectrum of cyanogen isocyanate (NCNCO)

The microwave spectrum of cyanogen isocyanate has been measured in the ground state and first three excited states of the lowest frequency vibration. Rotational constants, centrifugal distortion constants, and moments of inertia have been obtained. The molecule is a planar asymmetric rotor in its ground state, but shows considerable evidence of quasilinearity. The dipole moment has been measured, and, along with the structure, is compared with that of related molecules.     

Conformation and dipole moment of tetrahydropyran-4-one by microwave spectroscopy

The microwave spectrum of tetrahydropyran-4-one has been studied in the frequency region 18 to 40 GHz. The rotational constants for the ground state and nine vibrationally excited states have been derived by fitting a-type R-branch transitions. The rotational constants for the ground state are (in MHz) A = 4566.882 ± 0.033, B = 2538.316 ± 0.003, C = 1805.878 ± 0.004. From information obtained from the gas-phase far-infrared spectrum and relative intensity measurements, these excited states are estimated to be ～ 100 cm^?1 above the ground state for the first excited state of the ring-bending and ～ 185 cm^?1 for the first excited state of the ring-twisting mode. Stark displacement measurements were made for several transitions and the dipole moment components determined by least-squares fitting of the displacements: (in Debye) |μ_a| = 1.693 (0.001), |μ_b| = 0.0, |μ_c| = 0.300 (0.013) yielding a total dipole moment μ_tot = 1.720 (0.003). A model calculation to reproduce the rotational parameters indicates that the data are consistent with the chair conformation.     

On the possibility of polarizing atoms and nuclei by pulsed electromagnetic fields without using ultra-low temperatures

A method is proposed for fast and deep polarization of the system of hyperfine sublevels of the ground state of an atom having an optical excited state by means of two-component microwave pulses. The pulse of the bichromatic optical field that induces the transitions between the ground state and excited state of the atom is supposed to provide coherence among the hyperfine sublevels of the atomic ground state via the effect of coherent population trapping. The subsequent resonance microwave pulses create the polarization of equally populated ground state sublevels of the atom. The proposed polarization technique may be used for designing the new schemes of quantum computers, for the pulse transformation in optical experiments when light passes through a resonant medium containing rear-earth ions, as well as for producing polarized nuclear targets.     

Prospects for sympathetic cooling of molecules in electrostatic, ac and microwave traps

We consider how trapped molecules can be sympathetically cooled by ultracold atoms. As a prototypical system, we study LiH molecules co-trapped with ultracold Li atoms. We calculate the elastic and inelastic collision cross sections of ⁷LiH + ⁷Li with the molecules initially in the ground state and in the first rotationally excited state. We then use these cross sections to simulate sympathetic cooling in a static electric trap, an ac electric trap, and a microwave trap. In the static trap we find that inelastic losses are too great for cooling to be feasible for this system. The ac and microwave traps confine ground-state molecules, and so inelastic losses are suppressed. However, collisions in the ac trap can take molecules from stable trajectories to unstable ones and so sympathetic cooling is accompanied by trap loss. In the microwave trap there are no such losses and sympathetic cooling should be possible.     

Global fit of rotational transitions of methyl formate (HCOOCH3) in the ground and first excited torsional states

The microwave spectrum of methyl formate (HCOOCH₃) has been observed in the frequency range from 7 to 200 GHz. New 348 lines were assigned to E-species in the first excited torsional state. By combining these lines with previously reported data, a global analysis of A- and E-species lines of the ground and first excited torsional states were carried out on the basis of the internal axis method. A total of 3862 transitions were fitted to a Hamiltonian model involving 69 molecular parameters to a weighted unitless standard deviation of 1.96.     

基态和单态第一激发态的联氨单分子分解反应的密度泛函研究

本文运用密度泛函B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)方法研究了联氨分子的电子结构和能量,并系统分析了联氨分子的分解反应,计算绘制了单分子联氨在基态和单态第一激发态下沿N-N分解反应的势能曲线。本文计算发现联氨分子在这两种电子态下的离解能分别是：基态58.8 kcal/mol,单态第一激发态495.5 kcal/mol。基态分子分解反应是吸热反应,而单态第一激发态分解反应是放热反应。计算发现单态第一激发态的激发能是554.2 kcal/mol。结合这两种电子态下联氨分子的红外振动频率分析,本文认为,在非强制断键的情况下,联氨分子沿N-N键均裂而生成两个NH2自由基的可能性很小。     

基态和单态第一激发态的联氨单分子分解反应的密度泛函研究

本文运用密度泛函B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)方法研究了联氨分子的电子结构和能量,并系统分析了联氨分子的分解反应,计算绘制了单分子联氨在基态和单态第一激发态下沿N-N分解反应的势能曲线。本文计算发现联氨分子在这两种电子态下的离解能分别是：基态58.8 kcal/mol,单态第一激发态495.5 kcal/mol。基态分子分解反应是吸热反应,而单态第一激发态分解反应是放热反应。计算发现单态第一激发态的激发能是554.2 kcal/mol。结合这两种电子态下联氨分子的红外振动频率分析,本文认为,在非强制断键的情况下,联氨分子沿N-N键均裂而生成两个NH2自由基的可能性很小。     

外电场下BN分子的结构及性质

采用QCISD方法研究了BN基态分子在不同场强条件下的稳定构型及激发态性质。分析了外电场对BN分子键长、总能量、能级、谐振频率和红外谱强度以及对BN分子前10个激发态的激发能、振子强度等的影响。结果表明随着正向电场的逐渐增大, BN分子键长先减小后增大;分子总能量则先增大后减小;分子电偶极矩μ增大;费米能级和能隙均减小。谐振频率及红外谱强度均随正向电场的增大而增大。由基态到第1激发态的波长减小,激发能增大,而基态至第2－10激发态的波长增大而激发能减小。     

外电场下BN分子的结构及性质

采用QCISD方法研究了BN基态分子在不同场强条件下的稳定构型及激发态性质。分析了外电场对BN分子键长、总能量、能级、谐振频率和红外谱强度以及对BN分子前10个激发态的激发能、振子强度等的影响。结果表明随着正向电场的逐渐增大, BN分子键长先减小后增大;分子总能量则先增大后减小;分子电偶极矩 增大;费米能级和能隙均减小。谐振频率及红外谱强度均随正向电场的增大而增大。由基态到第1激发态的波长减小,激发能增大,而基态至第2-10激发态的波长增大而激发能减小。     

Strengthened Hyper-Raman Lines with the Coherent Superposition State

High-order harmonic generations from a one-dimensional Coulomb potential atom are calculated with the initial state prepared as a coherent superposition between its ground and first excited states. When the energy difference of the two states is small, we can choose proper laser pulse such that the first excited state can be excited only to other bound states instead of being ionized. We show that only the hyper-Raman lines are observable instead of the harmonics. The energy difference of the ground and the first excited state can be deduced from the highest peak of the hyper-Raman lines. We further show that the similar results can be obtained by using a combination of two laser pulses with different frequencies interacting with the atom initially at the ground state.     

Magnetic field effect on state energies and transition frequency of a strong-coupling polaron in an anisotropic quantum dot

By employing a variational method of the Pekar-type, which has different variational parameters in the x–y plane and the z-direction, we study the ground and the first excited state energies and transition frequency between the ground and the first excited states of a strong-coupling polaron in an anisotropic quantum dot (AQD) under an applied magnetic field along the z-direction. The effects of the magnetic field and the electron–phonon coupling strength are taken into account. It is found that the ground and the first excited state energies and the transition frequency are increasing functions of the external applied magnetic field. The ground state and the first excited state energies are decreasing functions, whereas transition frequency is an increasing function of the electron–phonon coupling strength. We find two ways of tuning the state energies and the transition frequency: by adjusting (1) the magnetic field and (2) the electron–phonon coupling strength.     

Giant Nonlinear Absorption by an Ensemble of Metallic Grains

We have investigated the nonlinear low-frequency microwave absorption of an ensemble of small metallic grains. Earlier Zhou et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 1958 (1996)] have proved that linear absorption by such a system is due to a mesoscopic relaxation mechanism for which important contribution is from the grains with small level spacings between the ground state and the first excited state. Here we have shown further that such grains are anomalously sensitive to the field amplitude and the distribution of level spacings. Since such a behavior depends on external magnetic field, we expect the appearance of a giant nonlinear magnetoresistance, as well as a very strong temperature dependence of the nonlinear microwave conductivity.     

Solvent Effect on the Electronic States Properties of Benzodiazepine-2,4-dione Using the Dielectric Continuum Model

The molecular properties of benzodiazepine-2,4-dione that depend on the nature of the solvent have been investigated using the dielectric continuum model and the Dimroth polarity parameter E_T(30). The difference of dipole moments between the ground and excited states has been evaluated. The results indicate that the stabilization of the first excited state S₁ is less marked than the destabilization of the ground state, and the solute–solvent interactions are more important in the ground state than in the excited state.     

纤锌矿GaN/AlxGa1-xN量子阱中极化子能量

采用LLP变分方法研究了纤锌矿GaN/Al_xGa_1-xN量子阱材料中极化子的能级,给出极化子基态能量、第一激发态能量和第一激发态到基态的跃迁能量与量子阱宽度和量子阱深度变化的函数关系。研究结果表明,极化子基态能量、第一激发态能量和跃迁能量随着阱宽L的增大而开始急剧减小,然后缓慢下降,最后接近于体材料GaN中的相应值。基态能量和第一激发态到基态的跃迁能量随着量子阱深度的增加而逐渐增加,窄阱时这一趋势更明显。纤锌矿氮化物量子阱中电子-声子相互作用对能量的贡献比较大,这一值(约40meV)远远大于闪锌矿(GaAs/Al_xGa_1-xAs)量子阱中相应的值(约3meV)。因此讨论GaN/Al_xGa_1-xN量子阱中电子态问题时应考虑电子-声子相互作用。