Masaaki BABA (Professor)

Field of Expertise:

Laser Molecular Spectroscopy,

Excited-molecular Dynamics

Research Interests:

1. Ultrahigh-resolution laser spectroscopy of isolated molecules
2. Nonradiative relaxation processes in the electronic excited states
3. Energy structure in the spin triplet states

Recent Papers:

1. M. Baba, T. Yamanaka, Y. Ohshima, and S. H. Lin, et al.,
   “Vibrational and rotational structure and excited-state dynamics of pyrene”
   J. Chem. Phys. 131, 224318/1-10 (2009).
2. Y. Semba, K. Yoshida, C. K. Ni, S. H. Lin, and M. Baba, et al.,
   “Rotationally resolved ultrahigh-resolution laser spectroscopy of the S₂ ¹A₁ ← S₀ ¹A₁ transition of azulene”
   J. Chem. Phys. 131, 024303/1-6 (2009).
3. K. Yoshida, Y. Semba, S. Kasahara, T. Yamanaka, and M. Baba,
   “High-resolution spectroscopy of weak and short-lived bands of the S₁ ¹B_3u ← S₀ ¹A_g transition of naphthalene”,
   J. Chem. Phys. 130, 194304/1-6 (2009).
4. M. Baba, T. Ishimoto, N. Nakayama, and U. Nagashima, et al.,
   “Structure and excited-state dynamics of anthracene: Ultrahigh-resolution spectroscopy and theoretical calculation”,
   J. Chem. Phys. 130, 134315/1-9 (2009).
5. H. Kato, M. Baba, and S. Kasahara,
   “High-resolution spectroscopy and Zeeman effect of the S₁ ← S₀ transition of benzene and naphthalene”,
   Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 128, 456-463 (2007).
6. M. Baba, K. Mori, et al.,
   “Vibronic structure in the S₁ ← S₀ transition of jet-cooled dibenzofuran”
   J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 10000-10005 (2006).
7. A. Doi, S. Kasahara, H. Kato, and M. Baba, et al.,
   “Sub-Doppler rotationally resolved spectroscopy of lower vibronic bands of benzene with Zeeman effects”,
   J. Chem. Phys. 120, 6439-6448 (2004).
8. M. Baba, A. Doi, Y. Tatamitani, and H. Kato, et al.,
   “Sub-Doppler high-resolution excitation spectroscopy of dibenzo-p-dioxin”,
   J. Phys. Chem. A 108, 1388-1392 (2004).
9. H. Kato, M. Baba, and S. Nagakura, et al.,
   “Perturbation in the V¹B₂ state of CS₂ and the effects of an applied magnetic field”,
   J. Chem. Phys. 113, 107-119 (2000).
10. H. Kato, and M. Baba, et al.,
    “Doppler-Free High Resolution Spectral Atlas of Iodine Molecule ; 15000 to 19000 cm^-1”,
    JSPS, Tokyo, 2000.

Contact Information:

Room Number: Building No.2, 506
Telephone Number: 075-753-6834
Fax Number: 075-753-4065
E-mail: baba + @kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Link:

Electron Spin Chemistry Laboratory (internal link)

This page was last modified on 05 April 2018.