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Direct observation of spin-forbidden transitions through the use of suitably polarized light

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  • Camille Lévêque

    (Sorbonne Universités, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, UPMC Univ. Paris 06,
    CNRS, LCPMR
    Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg)

  • Daniel Peláez

    (Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg)

  • Horst Köppel

    (Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg)

  • Richard Taïeb

    (Sorbonne Universités, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, UPMC Univ. Paris 06,
    CNRS, LCPMR)

Abstract

The study of excited triplet states of a molecular system is a difficult task because accessing them involves forbidden transitions from the singlet ground state. Nevertheless, absorption spectra of many molecules present, at low energies, the weak fingerprint of these triplet states. At higher energies this information is usually masked by the intense signal of the singlet states. Here we show, for the specific case of the sulphur dioxide molecule, that the combined use of polarized light and molecular alignment can enhance the triplet part of the spectrum, even making it the only absorption process.

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  • Camille Lévêque & Daniel Peláez & Horst Köppel & Richard Taïeb, 2014. "Direct observation of spin-forbidden transitions through the use of suitably polarized light," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-6, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms5126
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5126
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