Theoretical study on the low-lying electronic excited states and laser cooling feasibility of AuH molecule

被引:5
作者
Xu, Mao-Sen [1 ]
Yang, Chuan-Lu [1 ]
Wang, Mei-Shan [1 ]
Ma, Xiao-Guang [1 ]
Liu, Wen-Wang [1 ]
机构
[1] Ludong Univ, Sch Phys & Optoelect Engn, Yantai 264025, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Low-lying excited states; Laser cooling scheme; Franck-Condon factor; Recoil temperature; Transition dipole moment; GOLD HYDRIDE; AB-INITIO; AGH; TRANSITIONS;
D O I
10.1016/j.jqsrt.2019.106770
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
To evaluate characteristics of the low-lying electronic states and the feasibility of the laser cooling of the AuH molecule, we investigate the potential energy curves (PECs), the vibrational and rotational characteristics of the ground and low-lying excited electronic states based on ab initio calculations. The PECs of the X-1 Sigma(+), A(1)Sigma(+) , B-1 Sigma(+), a(3)Sigma(+), b(3)Sigma(+), e(3)Sigma(+) C-1 Pi, D-1 Pi, c(3)Pi and d(3)Pi states and the transition dipole moments among these states are calculated with the multi-reference configuration interaction method with Davidson correction and all-electron basis sets. Based on the obtained PECs, the Schrodinger equations of nuclear movement are solved to obtain the rotational and vibrational energy levels of the electronic states. The spectroscopic parameters are obtained by fitting the obtained rotational and vibrational levels with Dunham series expansion. The matrices of the Franck-Condon factors (FCFs) dependent on the vibrational quantum numbers are obtained. The feasibility of laser cooling is explored. The FCF of the D-1 Pi (v' = 0) <-> X-1 Sigma(+) (v '' = 0) transition is 0.9862, which implies that the AuH molecule is feasible but not the much better ones for laser cooling and more pumping lasers are needed. The optical laser cooling scheme is suggested and the Einstein coefficient and the recoil temperature are calculated to evaluate the effect of the cooling scheme. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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