Department of Molecular Physics

Dept. Molecular Physics

plasma discharge tube

high resolution laser spectroscopy lab

molecular fluid dynamics lab

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Research Lines

Group of Astrophysical and Atmospheric Systems and Plasmas:

Infrared Spectroscopy of ices of atmospheric relevance
Infrared Spectroscopy of aerosols of atmospheric relevance
Diagnostic and kinetic modelling of cold plasmas
Molecular Dynamics and kinetics of reactive and inelastic processes

Group of high-resolution laser spectroscopy:

Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy of species of atmospheric relevance
Study of vibrationally excited states by double resonance Raman-Raman spectroscopy
Study of line-mixing, profiles, broadening and shifts of rovibrational lines by optical-frequency-difference infrared spectroscopy

Group of Molecular Fluid Dynamics:

Raman spectroscopy in supersonic jets
State-to-state transfer coefficients and rates for rotational inelastic collisions
Molecular clustering and homogeneous condensation
Raman instrumentation

Group of Theoretical Molecular Physics:

Rotational Coherence and pendular states