Ground-state binding energy and vibrations of the carbazole·Ar van der Waals complex by pump/dump-R2PI measurements

Abstract

Mass-selective ground state vibrational spectroscopy of the jet-cooled carbazole·Ar complex was performed by populating ground-state levels via a pump/dump laser pulse sequence, followed by selective resonant two-photon ionization of the vibrationally relaxed complexes. Intra- and inter-molecular van der Waals modes in the S 0 state are measurable with good signal/noise. The ground-state binding energy can be determined by detecting the negative signals resulting from loss of ground-state population via vibrational predissociation of the complex.