Sub-Doppler Spectroscopy by Use of Microwave Sidebands of CO(2) Laser Lines Applied to the C-O Stretching Fundamental Band of Methanol

Microwave sidebands of CO(2) laser lines were used as an infrared source in infrared microwave double resonance spectroscopy and infrared saturation spectroscopy to study the C-O stretching fundamental band of methanol. In the former application, rotational lines in the v(CO) = 1 state have been observed with good signal to noise ratios and physical processes involved in this method have been discussed. In the latter method, (vt, A/E, K) = (2, A, 4) sequence transitions in the C-O stretching fundamental band have been identified and term values for the (2, A, 4) levels in the v(CO) = 1 state have been determined.