High-resolution spectroscopy of neutral Yb atoms in a solid Ne matrix
Abstract
Here, we present an experimental and theoretical study of the absorption and emission spectra of Yb atoms in a solid Ne matrix at a resolution of 0.025 nm. Five absorption bands were identified as due to transitions from the ground-state configuration to and configurations. The two lowest-energy bands were assigned to outer-shell transitions to and atomic states and displayed the structure of a broad doublet and an asymmetric triplet, respectively. The remaining three higher-frequency bands were assigned to inner-shell transitions to distinct states arising from the configuration and were highly structured with narrow linewidths. A classical simulation was performed to identify the stability and symmetry of possible trapping sites in the Ne crystal. It showed that the overarching structure of the high-frequency bands could be predominantly ascribed to crystal-field splitting in the axial field of a 10-atom vacancy of symmetry. Their prominent substructures were shown to be manifestations of phonon sidebands associated with the zero-phonon lines on each crystal-field state. Unprecedented for a metal–rare-gas system, resolution of individual phonon states on an allowed electronic transition was possible under excitation spectroscopy which reflects the semiquantum nature of solid Ne. In contrast to the absorption spectra, emission spectra produced by steady-state excitation into the absorption band consisted of simple, unstructured fluorescence bands.
- Authors:
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shenzhen (China)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China)
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow (Russian Federation)
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow (Russian Federation); Moscow State University (Russian Federation)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; Russian Science Foundation
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1869194
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; 17-13-01466
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 104; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9926
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; atomic spectra; electronic structure of atoms & molecules; Jahn-Teller effect; Van der Waals interaction
Citation Formats
Lambo, R., Xu, C. -Y., Pratt, S. T., Xu, H., Zappala, J. C., Bailey, K. G., Lu, Z. -T., Mueller, P., O'Connor, T. P., Kamorzin, B. B., Bezrukov, D. S., Xie, Y. -Q., Buchachenko, A. A., and Singh, J. T. High-resolution spectroscopy of neutral Yb atoms in a solid Ne matrix. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1103/physreva.104.062809.
Lambo, R., Xu, C. -Y., Pratt, S. T., Xu, H., Zappala, J. C., Bailey, K. G., Lu, Z. -T., Mueller, P., O'Connor, T. P., Kamorzin, B. B., Bezrukov, D. S., Xie, Y. -Q., Buchachenko, A. A., & Singh, J. T. High-resolution spectroscopy of neutral Yb atoms in a solid Ne matrix. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.104.062809
Lambo, R., Xu, C. -Y., Pratt, S. T., Xu, H., Zappala, J. C., Bailey, K. G., Lu, Z. -T., Mueller, P., O'Connor, T. P., Kamorzin, B. B., Bezrukov, D. S., Xie, Y. -Q., Buchachenko, A. A., and Singh, J. T. Thu .
"High-resolution spectroscopy of neutral Yb atoms in a solid Ne matrix". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.104.062809. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1869194.
@article{osti_1869194,
title = {High-resolution spectroscopy of neutral Yb atoms in a solid Ne matrix},
author = {Lambo, R. and Xu, C. -Y. and Pratt, S. T. and Xu, H. and Zappala, J. C. and Bailey, K. G. and Lu, Z. -T. and Mueller, P. and O'Connor, T. P. and Kamorzin, B. B. and Bezrukov, D. S. and Xie, Y. -Q. and Buchachenko, A. A. and Singh, J. T.},
abstractNote = {Here, we present an experimental and theoretical study of the absorption and emission spectra of Yb atoms in a solid Ne matrix at a resolution of 0.025 nm. Five absorption bands were identified as due to transitions from the 4f145d06s21S0 ground-state configuration to 4f145d06s6p and 4f135d16s2 configurations. The two lowest-energy bands were assigned to outer-shell transitions to 6s6p3P1 and 1P1 atomic states and displayed the structure of a broad doublet and an asymmetric triplet, respectively. The remaining three higher-frequency bands were assigned to inner-shell transitions to distinct J=1 states arising from the 4f135d16s2 configuration and were highly structured with narrow linewidths. A classical simulation was performed to identify the stability and symmetry of possible trapping sites in the Ne crystal. It showed that the overarching 1+2 structure of the high-frequency bands could be predominantly ascribed to crystal-field splitting in the axial field of a 10-atom vacancy of C4v symmetry. Their prominent substructures were shown to be manifestations of phonon sidebands associated with the zero-phonon lines on each crystal-field state. Unprecedented for a metal–rare-gas system, resolution of individual phonon states on an allowed electronic transition was possible under excitation spectroscopy which reflects the semiquantum nature of solid Ne. In contrast to the absorption spectra, emission spectra produced by steady-state excitation into the 1P1 absorption band consisted of simple, unstructured fluorescence bands.},
doi = {10.1103/physreva.104.062809},
journal = {Physical Review A},
number = 6,
volume = 104,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Thu Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}
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