Ogi, Y.
(Yoshihiro Ogi)

THPOS26 Vibrational Excitation of Ammonia Molecules by FEL-SUT
Yoshihiro Ogi, Koichi Tsukiyama (TUS-Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo)

Free Electron Laser at Tokyo University of Science (FEL-SUT) was employed for exciting single vibrational modes of ammonia molecules. FEL is tuned to 10.5 μm, corresponding to the X1A1' (ν2 = 1) ← (ν2 = 0) transition of NH3. The population of the vibrationally excited states is probed by the (2 + 1) resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) technique via the B 1E" Rydberg state. Maximum excitation efficiency of ν2 = 1 ← ν2 = 0 transition was about 50 %, which was estimated by taking account of Franck-Condon factors and the rotational line strengths. Rotational analyses of the spectra revealed that vibrational ladder climbing up to ν2 = 2 in NH3 was realized for the first time. Experimental results on ν4 vibrational excitation of NH3 and ND3 will be also reported.