Investigation of the Stark Shift of the Benzene-d1 101 — 000 Rotational Transition by Microwave Fourier Transform Spectroscopy

Abstract

The Stark shift of the J'K′_K′+ - J″K_K″+ = 101 - 000 transition of benzene-d1 was investigated to determine the dipole moment caused by deuterium substitution. A modified set-up of the microwave Fourier transform spectrometer was used to be able to apply the necessary Stark voltage and to increase the sensitivity of the instrument. The resulting permanent dipole moment is μa = 0.00810(28) D corresponding to an absorption coefficient of ymax = 2.8 • 10-12 cm-1 , determined at a sample pressure of 1.5 mTorr, for that line.