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Electric field induced alignment-orientation conversion in diatomic molecules: analysis and observation for NaK

M. TamanisO. NikolayevaMarcis AuzinshRuvin Ferber

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ChemistryOrganic ChemistryFluorescenceDiatomic moleculeAnalytical ChemistryInorganic Chemistrysymbols.namesakeStark effectOrientation (geometry)Electric fieldsymbolsMoleculeIrradiationAtomic physicsSpectroscopyNAK

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This article reports the observation of the molecular fluorescence circularity under irradiation with linearly polarised light. This alignment-orientation conversion phenomenon arises as a result of partial transformation from alignment of the ensemble of 1 P state molecular angular momenta into their orientation under the effect of non-linear dc Stark effect. Circularity rate up to 0.12 was observed in D 1 P! X 1 S fluorescence of 23 Na 39 K molecules in agreement with the theoretically predicted value.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-2860(98)00700-5