Identification of Overlapping Optical Lines in Molecular Spectra by Means of the Coherent Population Trapping of Quantum Levels
H. Javid
Abstract
A new method of molecular beam spectroscopy with the ultrahigh resolution is theoretically sug- gested. This method is based on the phenomenon of the coherent population trapping of molecular levels and allows the identification of the overlapping optical lines in complex spectra (typical for polyatomic molecules), even when frequency intervals between the centers of given lines are less than their natural line widths. The theoretical analysis is carried out on the basis of the Schrodinger equation for the three-level molecular Λ -sys- tem interacting with the two-frequency laser radiation. The conditions of the practical realization and possible applications of the suggested spectroscopy method are discussed.