Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.105, No.20, 9021-9026, 1996
Exciplex Vacuum-Ultraviolet Emission-Spectra of Krar - Temperature-Dependence and Potentials
The temperature dependence of the emissions from the 0(+)(P-3(1)) and 1(P-3(2)) Kr*Ar exciplex states in the range 85-350 K was studied using time resolved techniques, vacuum ultraviolet synchrotron radiation, and argon samples doped with minimal amounts of krypton. As the temperature is increased, the emission shifts to the blue, its width increases by almost a factor of 2, and the line shape becomes asymmetrical. The experimental line shapes have been simulated by means of Franck-Condon density calculations using the available ground state potential of Aziz and Slaman [Mol. Phys. 58, 679 (1986)] and by modeling the exciplex potentials as Morse curves. The potential parameters for the 0(+) and 1 states are r(e) = 5.05 +/- 0.01 and 5.07 +/- 0.01 a(0), respectively; D-e = 1150 +/- 200 cm(-1) and beta = 1.4 +/- 0.1 a(0)(-1) for both states. The latter two values yield omega(e) = 140 cm(-1) and omega(e)x(e) = 4.3 cm(-1). The energy positions of the exciplexes’s wells and their depths are compared with published results.
Keywords:ENERGY-RESOLVED LUMINESCENCE;HIGH-PRESSURE ARGON;GAS DIMER IONS;EXCITED-STATES;CONDENSED PHASE;ARKR-STAR;CURVES;EXCIMER;KRYPTON;DILUTE