Related Experiment Video
Updated: Sep 19, 2025

Formation of Thick Dense Yttrium Iron Garnet Films Using Aerosol Deposition
Published on: May 15, 2015
Analysis of Rydberg Series of Ytterbium Monofluoride, YbF
Luca Diaconescu1, Sascha Schaller1, André Fielicke1
1Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, Berlin 14195, Germany.
None:
Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) is used to characterize Rydberg states of 174YbF. Assignment of these Rydberg states to series that converge to various rotational and vibrational levels of the 174YbF+ cation leads to an accurate value for the ionization energy IE = 48706.57(8) cm-1 of YbF. The values for the rotational constants of the YbF+ X1Σ+ ground state are found as Bν = 0+ = 0.257(1) cm-1 and Bν = 1+ = 0.255(3) cm-1, while the vibrational transition energy is ΔG1/2 = 598.86(15) cm-1. Photoinduced Rydberg ionization (PIRI) measurements via a high-lying Rydberg state have been performed using an infrared free electron laser, confirming the ΔG1/2 value.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Atomic Spectroscopy: Absorption, Emission, and Fluorescence
Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals I
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution: Fluorination and Iodination of Benzene
VSEPR Theory and the Effect of Lone Pairs
X-ray Crystallography
Diffraction
Diffraction is the change in the direction of travel experienced by an electromagnetic wave when it encounters a physical barrier whose dimensions are comparable to those of the wavelength of the light. X-rays are electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths about as long as the distance between neighboring...

