Torsional Splitting in the nu(5) Fundamental Infrared Band of CH(3)CD(3) and (13)CH(3)CD(3)

The nu(5) fundamental (C-C stretching) of CH(3)CD(3) shows a resolved torsional structure, caused by perturbations due mainly to the linear dependence of the torsional potential barrier on the normal coordinate Q(5). We were able to analyze this structure and to assign vibration-rotation transition wavenumbers for all five torsional components, classified according to the symmetry species of the G(18)((3)) extended molecular group. The torsional splitting pattern is qualitatively similar to that of a nondegenerate vibrational state with an even number of excited torsional quanta v(6). Explorative calculations show that the main perturber system should consist of the torsional components of the vibrational ground state correlating with v(6)=4 in the high barrier limit. The strength of the perturbation on the E(r0) torsional components of nu(5) increases rapidly with r, the E(40) component being the most affected. The observed transition wavenumbers can be reasonably fitted by a simplified model containing independent effective vibration-rotation parameters for the five different torsional components of nu(5), for both CH(3)CD(3) and (13)CH(3)CD(3). The trend of the determined values of the effective vibrational wavenumbers and rotational parameters over the torsional components supports the proposed vibration-torsion interaction mechanism, responsible for the observed torsional splittings. A strong anomaly observed in the rotational intensity distribution of nu(5) is discussed. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.     

The nu(12) Band of CH(3)SiD(3)

The lowest frequency degenerate fundamental band of CH(3)SiD(3) (v(12) = 1 <-- 0) centered around 418 cm(-1) was measured in order to investigate the vibration-torsion-rotation interactions in a symmetric-top molecule with a single torsional degree of freedom. The spectrum was recorded at an instrumental resolution of 0.004 cm(-1) using a Bomem Fourier transform spectrometer. The temperature and pressure of the sample were 180 K and 2 Torr, respectively. Because of the Coriolis coupling between the torsional stack with one quantum of the silyl rock excited and the corresponding stack for the ground vibrational state, torsional splittings are measured that are substantially larger than expected simply from the observed increase in the barrier height. Due to the local nature of the Coriolis perturbation, the significantly enhanced torsional splittings are confined to a few (K, varsigma) rotational series; here varsigma = -1, 0, 1 labels the torsional sublevels. The current measurements of the nu(12) band and frequencies from previously reported studies in the ground vibrational state were fitted to within experimental uncertainty using an effective Hamiltonian which was used for the analyses of similar spectra in CH(3)SiD(3) and CH(3)CD(3). Spectroscopic parameters characterizing the states v(12) = 0 and 1 and their interactions were determined, including several Coriolis-coupling constants. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

U(3) → R(3) integrity-basis spectroscopy

The U(3) → R(3) algebra, widely used in nuclear spectroscopy studies, is revisited. The most general form of a U(3)-preserving interaction that is rotationally invariant and of given degree in the group generators is presented. Here the full purpose and beauty of the integrity-basis concept is realized. En route to the above it is shown that the structure of the U(3) → R(3) integrity basis can be deduced from a systematic counting of defining space matrix elements of p-shell, k-body scalar operators, k = 0, 1, 2?. The tensorial character of the so-called “missing label” operators and, more importantly, of the operators responsible for the splitting and inversion of rotational bands is obtained by relating integrity-basis multinomials through degree four in the U(3) generators to density operators of a standard U(3) → R(3) many-body spectroscopy. The results are used to show how K-band splitting as well as an [L(L + 1)]² factor in the energy can be realized within a single representation of SU(3) by two-body interactions of the ds and higher nuclear shells. Parameter sets of model interactions associated with both normal and inverted K-band structures are given, as well as the results of a “best fit” theory for the ground and gamma bands of ²⁴Mg.     

Diode-pumped Yb:Sr(3)Y(BO(3))(3) femtosecond laser

We have developed a diode-pumped Yb(3+)Sr(3)Y(BO(3))(3) (Yb:BOYS) laser generating 69-fs pulses, at a central wavelength of 1062 nm. This laser is mode locked by use of a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror and emits 80 mW of average power at 113 MHz. This is, to our knowledge, the first mode-locked Yb:BOYS laser and the shortest duration obtained from an ytterbium laser with a crystalline host. The central wavelength can be tuned from 1051 to 1070 nm, for sub-100-fs pulses. We have also achieved an average power as high as 300 mW with pulse duration of 86 fs at 1068 nm.     

Stability of (3)He(2)(4)He(n) and (3)He(3)(4)He(n) L=0 clusters

We have studied the stability of mixed (3)He/(4)He clusters in L=0 states by the diffusion Monte Carlo method, employing the Tang-Toennies-Yiu He-He potential. The clusters (3)He(4)He(N) and (3)He(2)(4)He(N) are stable for N>1. The lighter atoms tend to move to the surface of the cluster. The minimum number of 4He atoms able to bind three 3He atoms in a L=0 state is nine. Two of three fermionic helium atoms stay on the surface, while the third one penetrates into the cluster.     

配合物Zn3(NCS)6(L1)6(NO3)2及Ni3(NCS)6(L2)6(NO3)2的合成、光谱表征及荧光性质

以去离子水为溶剂,合成了以Zn2+及N12+为中心,以L1,L2[L1=4-氨基-3,5-二甲基-1,2,4-三唑,L2=4-氨基-1,2,4-三唑]及硫氰酸根为配体的两种配合物,对其进行了元素分析、金属离子络合滴定、摩尔电导测定,确定了配合物组成分别为Zn3(NCS)6(L1)6(NO3)2及Ni3(NCS)6(L2)6(NO3)2,同时对两种配合物做了红外光谱、紫外光谱及荧光光谱的测试表征.荧光光谱的测试表明两种配合物均在415 nm有一强的荧光发射峰,且镍配合物的荧光要明显强于锌配合物,两种配合物有望成为蓝光发光材料.     

Spectroscopy and Intensity Measurements of the 3nu(1)+3nu(3) Tetrad of (12)CO(2) and (13)CO(2)

Three of the four components of the 3nu(1)+3nu(3) tetrad of (12)C(16)O(2) and (13)C(16)O(2), labeled 30031, 30032, and 30033 in HITRAN notation, have been observed by intracavity laser absorption spectroscopy in the 10 450- to 11 000-cm(-1) region. The rotational analysis has yielded the rovibrational parameters of the vibrational states. The experimental values are found to be in very good agreement with the rovibrational energies recently predicted from variational calculations and reduced effective Hamiltonians. The absolute band intensity of these extremely weak transitions have been measured. The study of the relative intensities within the 3nu(1)+3nu(3) tetrad suggests that part of the oscillator strength is carried by the (22(0)3) state. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.     

Absolute Intensities of the nu(1) and nu(3) Bands of (16)O(3)

New experimental data on the nu(1) and nu(3) bands of (16)O(3) improving the value of absolute line intensities have been obtained. The intensities of 295 lines have been measured with an average accuracy between 2.5% and 3% and the rotational expansion of the transition moment operators for the nu(1) and nu(3) bands has been deduced. Finally, a complete listing of line intensities has been computed with an intensity cutoff of 1x10(-25) cm(-1)/molecule cm(-2). Copyright 2001 Academic Press.     

Nonlinear optical properties of LaCa(4)O(BO(3))(3)

We have grown LaCa(4)O (BO(3))(3) (LaCOB), an isostructural member of GdCa(4)O(BO(3))(3) (GdCOB) family and characterized its nonlinear optical properties. At 1064nm, d(eff) of 0.52+/-0.05 pm /V and an angular sensitivity of 1224+/-184(cm rad)(-1) for type I frequency doubling in LaCOB were determined relative to those of KTiOPO(4) , beta-BaB(2)O(4) , KD(2)PO(4) , LiB(3)O(5) , YCa(4)O(BO(3))(3) (YCOB), and GdCOB. The d(alphabetabeta) and d(gammabetabeta) coefficients of the nonlinear optical tensor for LaCOB, GdCOB, and YCOB were determined to be equivalent within the experimental uncertainty and have values of ?0.26+/-0.04?pm/V and ?1.69+/-0.17?pm /V , respectively. From phase-matching angle measurements at 1064 and 1047nm, we predict that LaCOB is noncritically phase matched at 1042+/-1.5 nm .     

Specific heat of YFe3(BO3)4, Y0.5Gd0.5Fe3(BO3)4, and GdFe3(BO3)4

The specific heat was measured in the range 0.4–300 K in YFe₃(BO₃)₄, Y_0.5Gd_0.5Fe₃(BO₃)₄, and GdFe₃(BO₃)₄ single crystals. Sharp anomalies were found at temperatures of first-order structural, second-order antiferromagnetic, and first-order spin-reorientational transitions. A Néel temperature of about 37 K was found to be virtually independent of presence of rare-earth ions, indicating rather weak coupling of Gd and Fe subsystems. The contribution of the magnetic system to specific heat was separated through the scaling procedure allowing determination of the magnetic entropy of Fe and Gd subsystems. At the lowest temperatures, the specific heat in GdFe₃(BO₃)₄ exhibits a Schottky-type anomaly, which is due to Gd³⁺ eightfold degenerate ground-level splitting by the internal magnetic field of the Fe subsystem of about 7 T. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Diode-pumped Pr(3+):KY(3)F(10) red laser

We report the first observation to our knowledge of room-temperature continuous-wave laser operation of a Pr(3+):KY(3)F(10) single crystal at 644.5 nm, pumped by a blue GaN laser diode emitting at 446 nm. With a 2.5% transmission output coupler and a nonoptimized optical cavity, an output power of 39 mW was obtained at 644.5 nm with a laser threshold of 125 mW and a differential slope efficiency of 23%.     

Diode-pumped 65 fs Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb(3+):Lu(2)O(3) and nondoped Y(2)O(3) combined ceramic laser

Diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked laser operation of Yb(3+):Lu(2)O(3) and nondoped Y(2)O(3) combined ceramics has been achieved; 65 fs pulses with an average power of 320 mW under 5 W of pump power were obtained at the center wavelength of 1032 nm. The spectral bandwidth and the time bandwidth product were 18.9 and 0.345 nm, respectively. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a Kerr-lens mode-locked laser operation based on Yb(3+):Lu(2)O(3) ceramic.     

O(3) symmetric merons in an SU(3) Yang-Mills theory

We investigate irreducible, O(3) symmetric multiple-meron solutions to the classical SU(3) Yang-Mills equations in four-dimensional Euclidean space. The solutions have topological charge density equal to a sum of delta-functions with integer coefficients, and correspond to solutions of a system of two coupled singular elliptic equations. We prove the existence of twomeron solutions of the coupled system.Supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY77-18762.