Forbidden Vibrational Transitions in Cold Molecular Ions: Experimental Observation and Potential Applications

Authors

  • Matthias Germann Departement Chemie, Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland. matthias.germann@unibas.ch
  • Xin Tong Departement Chemie, Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland; State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
  • Stefan Willitsch Departement Chemie, Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland; stefan.willitsch@unibas.ch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2015.213

Keywords:

Cold molecular ions, Forbidden transitions, Precision spectroscopy, Vibrational spectroscopy

Abstract

A range of interesting fundamental scientific questions can be addressed by high-precision molecular spectroscopy. A promising way towards this goal is the measurement of dipole-forbidden vibrational transitions in molecular ions. We have recently reported the first such observation in a molecular ion. Here, we give an overview of our method and our results as well as an outlook on potential future applications.
CHIMIA Vol. 69 No. 4 (2015): Laureates: Junior Prizes, SCS Fall Meeting 2014

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2015-04-29

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Vol. 69 No. 4 (2015): Laureates: Junior Prizes, SCS Fall Meeting 2014

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Scientific Articles

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M. Germann, X. Tong, S. Willitsch, Chimia 2015, 69, 213, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2015.213.