Determination of electric dipole moment for the ν2 vibrational state of 15NH 3 by infrared-infrared double resonances

An infrared-infrared double-resonance technique, employing the sidebands produced by electro-optic amplitude modulation of a single-frequency CO ₂ laser, is used to observe the second-order Stark effect of the ν₂asR(2, 0) transition of ¹⁵NH ₃. The technique enables the Stark shifts in ground and vibrationally excited states to be observed separately and yields the electric dipole moments: μ( v₂ = 1) = 1.253 ± 0.003 D, μ( v = 0) = 1.469 ± 0.004 D. The relative intensity distribution, linewidths, and line shapes of features in the double-resonance Stark spectra are also examined.