RESONANCE-ENHANCED MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION SPECTRA OF THE HALOGEN ATOMS

The resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) spectra of atomic chlorine and bromine in the range of 230-245 nm and 250-285 nm were obtained by using REMPI and time of flight (TOF) techniques. There are twenty-six lines for Cl and twenty-three for Br in the spectra, among which five transitions of Cl and four of Br are observed for the first time. These lines are due to transitions from the Cl(3p ²P⁰_3/2, ²P⁰_1/2) and Br(4p²P⁰_3/2, ²P⁰_1/2) states to upper states induced by two-photon excitation. It is found that the Stark shift of different excited states are almost the same, and they are independent of the S, L, and J quantum numbers of the excited state.