Selective vibrational excitation by stimulated emission pumping

Abstract

Stimulated emission pumping (SEP) is a new method for sub-Doppler spectroscopy and efficient state-selective preparation of highly excited rotational–vibrational levels of small molecules. The sensitivity of SEP has been examined by exciting the I2(B 0+u–X 1Σ+g) 17–0 P(38) line and stimulating the P(38) and R(36) lines of the 17–11, 17–10, and 17–9 bands. All observed effects when the two laser pulses were temporally separated could be accounted for by a master equation model.