Ion conduction in proton- and related defect (super) ionic conductors: Mechanical,electronic and structure parameters

We find the relationships among optical dielectric constant ε_∞, activation energy E_ac, averaged atomic mass per a formula unit, ∑_jm_j / N, volume V and transition temperature T_c for various type ion conductors with forms of E_ac = α / (ε_∞ ? β), E_ac = A₀ + δ / [(∑_jm_j / N) ? d], E_ac = A_v / V^2/3, and ln(T_c) = g ? hln(∑_jm_j), where α, β, δ, A₀, d, A_v, g and h are constants depending on the kinds of conduction elements. We derive those proportional forms from a simple equation of motion under the assumption of ion hopping assisted by enhanced vibration displacement of host lattice. The enhancement is induced from the large fourth-order term of the host lattice potential originating from the electronic shielding effect of Coulomb force, heavy atomic mass of constituent ion, and volume expansion under the long-range periodicity of crystal structure. This mechanism is ascertained from characteristic phenomena of various kinds of conduction elements. For impurity-type H⁺-ion or defect conductor, the proportional form is shifted from that of superionic conductor because of weakened effect of host lattice vibration mode on H⁺-ion or O-ion defect. Photo-induced spectra of mobile ion in AgCl are understood, and a small quantum effect of H⁺ -ion is suggested.     

First high-resolution analysis of the ν15, ν12, ν5, ν10 and ν2 bands of oxirane

Fourier transform spectra of oxirane (ethylene oxide, c-C₂H₄O) have been recorded in the 730–1560 cm^?1 (6.4–13.7 μm) spectral region using a Bruker IFS125HR spectrometer at a resolution of 0.0019 cm^?1. A total of six vibration bands, ν₁₅, ν₁₂, ν₅, ν₃, ν₁₀ and ν₂, have been observed and analyzed. The corresponding upper state ro-vibrational levels were fit using Hamiltonian matrices accounting for various interactions. Satisfactory fits were obtained using the following polyads {15¹, 12¹, 5¹} and {10¹, 2¹} of interacting states. As a result, an accurate and extended set of Hamiltonian constants were obtained. The following band centers were derived: ν₀ (ν₁₅) = 808.13518(60) cm^?1, ν₀ (ν₁₂) = 822.27955(37) cm^?1, ν₀ (ν₅) = 876.72592(15), ν₀ (ν₃) = 1270.37032(10) cm^?1, ν₀ (ν₁₀) = 1471.35580(50) cm^?1 and ν₀ (ν₂) = 1497.83309(15) cm^?1 where the uncertainties are one standard deviation.     

High sensitivity CW-CRDS of O enriched water near 1.6 μm

The absorption spectrum of ¹⁸O enriched water has been recorded by continuous wave cavity ring down spectroscopy between 5905.7 and 6725.7 cm⁻¹ using a series of fibred DFB lasers. The investigated spectral region corresponds to the important 1.55 μm transparency window of the atmosphere where water absorption is very weak. The typical CRDS sensitivity (noise equivalent absorption of 5×10⁻¹⁰ cm⁻¹) allowed for the detection of lines with intensity as low as 10⁻²⁸ cm/molecule while the minimum intensity value provided by HITRAN in the considered spectral region is 1.7×10⁻²⁴ cm/molecule. The line parameters were retrieved with the help of an interactive least squares multi-lines fitting program assuming a Voigt function as line profile. Overall, 4510 absorption lines belonging to the H₂¹⁸O, H₂¹⁶O, HD¹⁸O, HD¹⁶O and H₂¹⁷O water isotopologues were measured. Their intensities range between 3×10⁻²⁹ and 5×10⁻²³ cm/molecule at 296 K and the typical accuracy on the line positions is 1×10⁻³ cm⁻¹. 2074 of the observed lines attributed to H₂¹⁸O, HD¹⁸O and H₂¹⁷O are reported for the first time. The transitions were assigned on the basis of variational calculations resulting in 288, 135 and 38 newly determined rovibrational energy levels for the H₂¹⁸O, HD¹⁸O and H₂¹⁷O isotopologues, respectively. The new data set includes the band origin of the 4ν₂ bending overtone of H₂¹⁸O at 6110.4239 cm⁻¹ and rovibrational levels corresponding to J and K_a values up to 18 and 12, respectively, for the strongest bands of H₂¹⁸O: 4ν₂, ν₁+2ν₂, 2ν₂+ν₃, 2ν₁, ν₁+ν₃, and ν₂+ν₃. The obtained experimental results have been compared to the spectroscopic parameters provided by the HITRAN database and to the recent IUPAC critical review of the rovibrational spectrum of H₂¹⁸O and H₂¹⁷O as well as to variational calculations. Large discrepancies between the 4ν₂ variationally predicted and experimental intensities have been evidenced for the H₂¹⁸O and H₂¹⁶O molecules.     

Analysis of the Coriolis interaction between ν6 and ν4 bands of ethylene-cis-d2(cis-C2H2D2) by high-resolution FTIR spectroscopy

The Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrum of the ν₆ band of ethylene-cis-d₂(cis-C₂H₂D₂) was recorded with a unapodized resolution of 0.0063 cm^?1 in the 990–1100 cm^?1 region. A total of 609 transitions were assigned to this band centred at 1039.7682 ± 0.0003 cm^?1. The ν₆ band was found to be coupled to the ν₄ band by a-type Coriolis resonance. Both perturbed and unperturbed transitions were assigned and fitted to give eight rovibrational constants with high accuracy for the v₆ = 1 state with a standard deviation of 0.00097 cm^?1 using a Watson’s A-reduced Hamiltonian in the I^r representation. From a rovibrational analysis of the Coriolis interaction between the ν₆ band and non-infrared active ν₄ band of cis-C₂H₂D₂, the band centre of ν₄ at 984.9 ± 0.2 cm^?1 was derived. Furthermore, the second-order a-type Coriolis coupling constant between the two bands was obtained for the first time.     

Intensities and shapes of H2O lines in the near-infrared by tunable diode laser spectroscopy

The integrated intensities, self- and air-broadening coefficients of thirteen transitions of H₂¹⁶O in the 11980–12260 cm^?1 region, belonging to the 2ν₁+ν₂+ν₃ band, were measured. Using a tunable diode laser system, spectra were recorded at room temperature for a wide range of pressure (2–15 Torr for pure H₂O and 50–760 Torr for H₂O in air). Line parameters were adjusted from experiments using three line-shape models: the Voigt profile (VP), the (hard collision) Rautian profile (RP) and the speed dependent Voigt profile (SDVP). The results show that the RP and SDVP are in better agreement with measurements than the VP and that they lead to larger values of the line parameters (about 5% for the line broadening, and 0.8% for the line intensity). Comparisons of the present results with HITRAN 2008 [Rothman et al., JQSRT 2009, 110:533-72] show that the HITRAN intensities of the studied lines are overestimated by about 9.4%, suggesting a more complete study of the H₂O line parameters in the considered region. The Dicke narrowing and speed dependence parameters deduced from this work are also presented and discussed, demonstrating the need for a more refined line-shape model.     

Complex singularity of a stokes wave

Two-dimensional potential flow of the ideal incompressible fluid with free surface and infinite depth can be described by a conformal map of the fluid domain into the complex lower half-plane. Stokes wave is the fully nonlinear gravity wave propagating with the constant velocity. The increase in the scaled wave height H/λ from the linear limit H/λ = 0 to the critical value H _max/λ marks the transition from the limit of almost linear wave to a strongly nonlinear limiting Stokes wave. Here, H is the wave height and λ is the wavelength. We simulated fully nonlinear Euler equations, reformulated in terms of conformal variables, to find Stokes waves for different wave heights. Analyzing spectra of these solutions we found in conformal variables, at each Stokes wave height, the distance ν _c from the lowest singularity in the upper half-plane to the real line which corresponds to the fluid free surface. We also identified that this singularity is the square-root branch point. The limiting Stokes wave emerges as the singularity reaches the fluid surface. From the analysis of data for ν _c → 0 we suggest a new power law scaling ν _c ∝ (H _max ? H)^3/2 as well as new estimate H _max/λ ? 0.1410633.     

Absolute line intensities and self-broadening coefficients in the ν3 − ν1 band of carbon dioxide

Using a tunable diode-laser spectrometer, we have measured the self-broadening coefficients and strengths of 26 absorption lines in the ν₃ ? ν₁ band of ¹²CO₂ and ¹³CO₂ at room temperature. These lines, ranging from P(34) to R(40), are located around 960.9 and 913.4 cm^?1, respectively for the ¹²CO₂ and ¹³CO₂ molecules. The collisional widths and the intensities were obtained by fitting Voigt and Rautian and Sobel’man profiles to the measured shapes of the lines. From the individual line intensities and using a least-squares method, we have determined the vibrational band strength as well as the Herman–Wallis factors for the ν₃ ? ν₁ band of ¹²CO₂ and ¹³CO₂.     

High resolution Fourier transform infrared spectra and analysis of the ν14, ν15 and ν16 bands of azetidine

Rotationally resolved vibrational spectra of the three lowest frequency bands of the four-membered heterocycle azetidine (c-C₃H₆NH) have been collected with a resolution of 0.00096 cm⁻¹ using the far infrared beamline at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron. The modes observed correspond principally to motions best described as: β-CH₂ rock (ν₁₄) at 736.701310(7) cm⁻¹, ring deformation (ν₁₅) at 648.116041(8) cm⁻¹, and the ring puckering mode (ν₁₆) at 207.727053(9) cm⁻¹. A global fit of 14 276 rovibrational transitions from the three bands provided an accurate set of ground state spectroscopic constants as well as excited state parameters for each of the three vibrational modes. The ground state structure was determined to be that of the puckered conformer having the NH bond in an equatorial arrangement.     

Detection and analysis of four new bands in CRDS 16O3 spectra between 7300 and 7600 cm−1

The absorption spectrum of the ¹⁶O₃ isotopologue of ozone was recorded in the 7000–7920 cm^?1 region by using high sensitivity CW-Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy (α_min ～ 10^?10 cm^?1). This report is devoted to the analysis of the 7300–7600 cm^?1 region dominated by four A-type bands: 6ν₁ + ν₃ centred around 7395 cm^?1, 3ν₁ + 5ν₂ + ν₃ and 2ν₁ + 4ν₂ + 3ν₃ lying in the 7450 cm^?1 region and 5ν₁ + 2ν₂ + ν₃ centred around 7579 cm^?1. 213 transitions of the 6ν₁ + ν₃ band were assigned and the corresponding line positions were modeled using an effective Hamiltonian including a Coriolis resonance interaction between the (601) upper state and a A-type dark state. The two very close 3ν₁ + 5ν₂ + ν₃ and 2ν₁ + 4ν₂ + 3ν₃ bands were analysed using a similar effective Hamiltonian scheme involving the anharmonic resonance coupling between the (351) and (243) states. For these two bands, 304 transitions were assigned. The modelling also includes a first Coriolis resonance interaction between the (351) bright state and the (530) dark state, and a second one between the (243) bright state and the (144) dark state. In the 7579 cm^?1 region, 205 transitions of the 5ν₁ + 2ν₂ + ν₃ band were assigned and modelled taking into account the Coriolis resonance interactions between the (521) upper state and the (700), (342) and (280) dark states.The dipole transition moment parameters of the four analysed bands were determined by a least-squares fit to the measured line intensities. For the studied band systems, the effective Hamiltonian and transition moment operator parameters were used to generate line lists provided as Supplementary Materials.     

High resolution Fourier transform spectroscopy of HD16O: Line positions,absolute intensities and self broadening coefficients in the 8800–11,600 cm−1 spectral region

High-resolution water vapor absorption spectra have been measured at room temperature in the 8800–11,600 cm^?1 spectral region. They were obtained using the mobile BRUKER IFS 120M Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) from ULB-SCQP coupled to the 50 m base long multiple reflection White type cell in GSMA laboratory. The absorption path was 600 m and different H₂O/HDO/D₂O mixtures were used. Measurements of line positions, intensities and self-broadening coefficients were performed for the HD¹⁶O isotopologue. 6464 rovibrational assignment of the observed lines was made on the basis of global variational predictions and allowed the identification of new energy levels. 3ν₃, 2ν₁+ν₃, 3ν₁+ν₂, ν₁+2ν₃ and 2ν₂+2ν₃ are the five strongest bands. The present paper provides a complementary data set on water vapor for atmospheric and astrophysical applications.     

High-pressure measurements of CO2 absorption near 2.7 μm: Line mixing and finite duration collision effects

Room-temperature, high-pressure (1–30 atm) measurements of CO₂ absorption are carried out near 2.7 μm to study line mixing and finite duration collision effects on transitions in the ν₁+ν₃ and 2ν₂+ν₃ vibrational bands. Two distributed feedback diode lasers are used to measure CO₂ transitions near 3631–3635 cm^?1 and 3644–3646 cm^?1, and an FTIR spectrometer covers the entire ν₁+ν₃ and 2ν₂+ν₃ bands from 3500 to 3800 cm^?1. The experiments are carried out in CO₂–air and CO₂–Ar mixtures to observe the non-ideal effects under the influence of different perturbers. Measurements are compared with simulations using the Voigt line shape to analyze the deviation from the Lorentzian behavior with increasing gas density, and show significant deviation from this model at high gas densities. Line shape models using empirical corrections or dynamically based scaling laws are evaluated by comparison to the measured high-density spectra. Although none of the models is able to predict the measured spectra accurately, the line mixing model of Niro et al. [24] does an overall good job but overestimates the band centers by about 4–9%. In light of these observations, challenges of developing a CO₂ sensor for high-pressure combustion applications are discussed.     

The ν5 and 2ν9 bands of the N isotopic species of nitric acid (H15NO3): Line positions and intensities

Nitric acid (HNO₃) plays an important role in the Earth’s atmosphere as a reservoir molecule of NO_x species. It has a strong infrared signature at 11 μm which is one of the most commonly used for the infrared retrieval of this species in the atmosphere since this spectral region coincides with an atmospheric window. It is therefore essential to have high quality spectral parameters in this spectral region. For the H¹⁴NO₃ (main) isotopic species, the 11 μm bands were already the subject of numerous extensive studies which involve not only the ν₅ and 2ν₉ cold bands but also the first hot bands. The present work is the first high resolution Fourier transform analysis of the 11 μm bands for H¹⁵NO₃, which is the second most abundant isotopomer of nitric acid [a ≅ 0.00365(7)]. In this way, the analysis of the ν₅ and 2ν₉ cold bands centered at 871.0955 and 893.4518 cm⁻¹ was performed, and as for H¹⁴NO₃, these bands are significantly perturbed since rather strong resonances couple the 5¹ and 9² rotational levels. The theoretical model that we used to compute the line positions and line intensities is directly issued from the one which we used recently for H¹⁴NO₃ [A. Perrin, J. Orphal, J.-M. Flaud, S. Klee, G. Mellau, H. Mäder, D. Walbrodt, M. Winnewisser, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 228 (2004) 375-391]. Actually, for the H¹⁵NO₃ line positions, the Hamiltonian matrix accounts for the rather strong Fermi and the weaker Coriolis interactions linking the 5¹⇔9² rotational levels. Using this model which accounts correctly for the strong mixing of the 5¹ and 9² upper state energy levels, the ν₅ and 2ν₉ line intensities for H¹⁵NO₃ were satisfactorily computed using the ν₅ and 2ν₉ transition moment operators achieved previously for the ¹⁴N (main) isotopic species. In this way, the transfer of intensities from the ν₅ fundamental (and presumably strong) band to the 2ν₉ overtone (and presumably weak) band could be explained for H¹⁵NO₃ as it was done previously for the ¹⁴N (main) isotopic species. Finally, the position of the H¹⁵NO₃ν₅ + ν₉ − ν₉ hot band was identified at 875.245 cm⁻¹.     

Continuous measurements of stable carbon isotopes in CO2 with a near-IR laser absorption spectrometer

A near-IR laser absorption spectrometer using a technique of wavelength modulation spectroscopy is used to measure stable carbon isotope ratios of ambient CO₂ (δ¹³C) via the absorption lines ¹²CO₂ R(17) (2ν₁ + ν¹₂ − ν¹₂ + ν₃) at 4978.205 cm⁻¹ and ¹³CO₂ P(16) (ν₁ + 2ν₂ + ν₃) at 4978.023 cm⁻¹. The isotope ratios are measured with a reproducibility of 0.02‰ (1σ) in a 130-s integration time over a 12-h period. The humidity effect on δ¹³C values has been evaluated in laboratory experiments. The δ¹³C values of CO₂ in ambient air were measured continuously over 8 days and agreed well with those from isotope ratio mass spectrometry of canister samples. The spectrometer is thus capable of real-time, in situ measurements of stable carbon isotope ratios of CO₂ under ambient conditions.     

Thermally induced nonlinear optical response and optical power limiting of acid blue 40 dye

We report the investigations of thermally induced third-order nonlinear optical and optical limiting characterizations for various concentrations of acid blue 40 dye in N,N-Dimethyl Formamide, studied by employing z-scan technique under cw He–Ne laser irradiation at 633 nm wavelength. The samples exhibited nonlinear absorption and nonlinear refraction under the experimental conditions. For lower concentration, the samples display both saturable absorption (SA) and reverse saturable absorption (RSA); whereas with increase in concentration, RSA behaviour prevails. The estimated values of the effective coefficients of nonlinear absorption β_eff, nonlinear refraction n₂ and third-order nonlinear susceptibility χ⁽³⁾ were found to be of the order of 10^?2 cm/W, 10^?4 esu and 10^?6 esu respectively. Multiple diffraction rings were observed when the samples were exposed to laser beam due to refractive index change and thermal lensing. The effect of concentration and the laser intensity on the self-diffraction ring patterns was studied experimentally. The acid blue 40 dye also exhibited strong optical limiting properties under cw excitation and reverse saturable absorption is found to be the dominant nonlinear optical process leading to the observed nonlinear behaviour.     

First analysis of the 3ν9−ν9 hot band of difluoroboric acid (BF2OH). Further evidence of large amplitude effects for the OH torsion

The hot band 3ν₉?ν₉ of the isotopologue ¹¹BF₂OH (difluoroboric acid) located at 1034.78 cm^?1 was investigated for the first time by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. During previous studies both, the ν₉ mode (OH-torsion relative to the BF₂ moiety, at 522.87 cm^?1) and the ν₄ mode (in-plane OH bend) had been shown to exert large amplitude motion, and splittings of 0.0051 and 0.0038 cm^?1 had been observed in the interacting 2ν₉ and ν₄ bands located at 1042.87 and 961.49 cm^?1, respectively. The present work establishes large amplitude effects also for the 9³ excited state located at 1557.655 cm^?1. Numerous P and R transitions of the 3ν₉–ν₉ hot band were identified in the 2ν₉ manifold, and doublets corresponding to a torsional splitting of 0.031 cm^?1 in the 9³ state were observed. The vibrational assignment of the 9³ state was confirmed by the detection of the 3ν₉?2ν₉ hot band Q branch in the 19 μm region.     

High-pressure Raman spectroscopic studies on orthophosphates Ba3(PO4)2 and Sr3(PO4)2

By using diamond anvil cell (DAC), high-pressure Raman spectroscopic studies of orthophosphates Ba₃(PO₄)₂ and Sr₃(PO₄)₂ were carried out up to 30.7 and 30.1 GPa, respectively. No pressure-induced phase transition was found in the studies. A methanol:ethanol:water (16:3:1) mixture was used as pressure medium in DAC, which is expected to exhibit nearly hydrostatic behavior up to about 14.4 GPa at room temperature. The behaviors of the phosphate modes in Ba₃(PO₄)₂ and Sr₃(PO₄)₂ below 14.4 GPa were quantitatively analyzed. The Raman shift of all modes increased linearly and continuously with pressure in Ba₃(PO₄)₂ and Sr₃(PO₄)₂. The pressure coefficients of the phosphate modes in Ba₃(PO₄)₂ range from 2.8179 to 3.4186 cm⁻¹ GPa⁻¹ for ν₃, 2.9609 cm⁻¹ GPa⁻¹ for ν₁, from 0.9855 to 1.8085 cm⁻¹ GPa⁻¹ for ν₄, and 1.4330 cm⁻¹ GPa⁻¹ for ν₂, and the pressure coefficients of the phosphate modes in Sr₃(PO₄)₂ range from 3.4247 to 4.3765 cm⁻¹ GPa⁻¹ for ν₃, 3.7808 cm⁻¹ GPa⁻¹ for ν₁, from 1.1005 to 1.9244 cm⁻¹ GPa⁻¹ for ν₄, and 1.5647 cm⁻¹ GPa⁻¹ for ν₂.     

A spectroscopic study of water vapor isotopologues H2O, H2O and HDO using a continuous wave DFB quantum cascade laser in the 6.7 μm region for atmospheric applications

A quantum cascade spectrometer was used in the laboratory to study H₂¹⁶O, H₂¹⁸O and HDO line intensities near 6.7 μm. The spectral region ranging from 1483 to 1487 cm⁻¹, which is suitable for the in situ laser sensing of these isotopologues in the atmosphere, was investigated using a continuous-wave distributed feed-back quantum cascade laser. Eight lines of water vapor isopologues were studied—one line of the ν₂ band of H₂¹⁶O, one line of the 2ν₂-ν₂ band of H₂¹⁶O, two lines of the ν₂ band of H₂¹⁸O and four lines of the ν₂ band of HDO were carefully revisited. The measured intensities were thoroughly compared to relevant molecular databases and other experimental and calculated results. We also observe that the H₂O, D₂O, HDO equilibrium constant agrees excellently with previously determined values.     

Line intensities of 12C2H2 in the 1.3, 1.2, and 1 μm spectral regions

Intensities of about 320 lines of the ¹²C₂H₂ molecule, belonging to 7 parallel bands, are measured in the 1.3, 1.2, and 1 μm spectral regions, with a mean accuracy around 3% or 7% depending on the spectral region. Vibrational transition dipole moment squared values and Herman-Wallis coefficients are obtained for each band, in order to model the rotational dependence of the transition dipole moment squared, except for the ν₁+ν₃+2ν₄⁰ band at 7732.78 cm^?1 that exhibits an unusual rotational dependence because of a strong ?-type resonance. HITRAN format line lists are set up for applications.     

First analysis of the ν5 band of DNO3 (deuterated nitric acid) in the 11 μm region

The infrared spectrum of DNO₃ (deuterated nitric acid) was recorded at high resolution (0.0027 cm⁻¹) in the 700-1400 cm⁻¹ region on a Bruker IFS 120 HR Fourier transform spectrometer. The analysis of the ν₅ band of DNO₃ centred at 887.657 cm^-1 which is mostly an A-type band, was performed making use of the ground state parameters achieved by Drouin et al. [Drouin BJ, Miller CE, Fry JL, Petkie DT, Helminger P, Medvedev IR. J Mol Spectrosc 2006;236:29-34]. The ν₅ fundamental band is strongly perturbed because of the existence of the ν₇+ν₉ dark combination band at 882.21  cm^-1. The 5¹ and 7¹9¹ energy levels of DNO₃ are coupled through A and B type Coriolis resonances, and as a consequence, numerous lines from the ν₇+ν₉ dark combination band could be identified also. In this way about 1070 and 75 energy levels of the 5¹ and 7¹9¹ vibrational states, respectively, were satisfactorily reproduced by the energy levels calculation which account for the observed resonances. A reasonable estimation of the absolute line intensities for the ν₅ band of DNO₃ was performed using the ν₅ transition operator from H¹⁴NO₃. The spectrum also features the ν₅+ν₆−ν₆, ν₅+ν₇−ν₇ and ν₅+ν₉−ν₉ hot bands located at 881.03, 882.61 and 884.45 cm⁻¹, respectively.     

Analysis of the CRDS spectrum of 18O3 between 6950 and 7125 cm−1

The absorption spectrum of the ¹⁸O₃ isotopologue of ozone was recorded by CW-Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy in the 6950–7125 cm^?1 region. The typical noise equivalent absorption of the recordings is α_min ≈1×10^?10 cm^?1. The spectrum is dominated by three very weak bands: 3ν₁+5ν₃ near 7009 cm^?1 and the ν₂+7ν₃ and 4ν₂+5ν₃ interacting bands near 7100 cm^?1. In total 260, 206 and 133 transitions were assigned for the 3ν₁+5ν₃, ν₂+7ν₃ and 4ν₂+5ν₃ bands, respectively. The line positions of the 3ν₁+5ν₃ band were modelled using an effective Hamiltonian (EH) model involving two dark states – (6 0 1) and (2 5 2) – in interaction with the (3 0 5) bright state. The EH model developed for the ν₂+7ν₃ and 4ν₂+5ν₃ bands involves only the (0 1 7) and (0 4 5) interacting bright states. Line positions could be reproduced with rms deviations on the order of 0.01 cm^?1 and the dipole transition moment parameters were determined for the three observed bands. The obtained set of parameters and the experimentally determined energy levels were used to generate a list of 984 transitions of the three bands which is provided as Supplementary Material.