High resolution spectroscopic measurement of 130Te2: Reference lines near 444.4 nm for eEDM experiment using PbF molecules

High resolution spectroscopy of B0u+←X0g+ transitions in 130Te2: Reference lines spanning the 443.2-451.4 nm region

Molecular tellurium (130Te2) has long been regarded as a promising candidate for a variety of spectroscopic applications, especially as a frequency reference. Absorption lines of 130Te2 were published extensively in the past few decades, however, the spectral resolution was not sufficiently high to be considered a precision spectroscopic reference. Here, a high resolution spectral atlas of 130Te2 Doppler-free saturated absorption transitions is reported, and used to assign multiple ro-vibrational bands in the B(Σu-3)0u+←X(Σu-3)0g+ electronic transition via the Dunham model, giving updated Dunham parameters and diatomic constants for the B(Σu-3)0u+ state at an unprecedented level of precision. Our findings reveal spectroscopic properties of 130Te2 that might eventually contribute to frequency reference in precision measurement such as the quest for non-zero electron's Electric Dipole Moment (eEDM).