O8 · Molecular physics & spectroscopy
A 18-module path through o8 · molecular physics & spectroscopy, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- The Chemical Bond and Molecular Potential Energy Curves
- The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation
- Molecular Orbital Theory and Bonding/Antibonding States
- The Rigid Rotor Model
- Rotational Spectra and the Rotational Constant
- The Harmonic Oscillator Model of Vibration
- Anharmonicity and the Morse Potential
- Vibration-Rotation Spectra and P, Q, R Branches
- Selection Rules for Molecular Transitions
- Electronic Transitions in Molecules
- The Franck-Condon Principle
- Term Symbols and Molecular Electronic States
- Raman Scattering and the Rotational/Vibrational Raman Effect
- Symmetry, Point Groups, and Normal Modes of Vibration
- Rovibronic Coupling and Nonadiabatic Effects
- Doppler-Free and High-Resolution Laser Spectroscopy
- Cavity-Enhanced and Frequency-Comb Molecular Spectroscopy
- Coherent Raman and Nonlinear Molecular Spectroscopies