Abstract
Several years ago we felt somewhat puzzled to hear that “A diatomic molecule is a molecule with one atom too many.” This was said by Professor Arthur L. Schawlow during one lecture in a series on High Resolution Laser Spectroscopy at East China Normal University in Shanghai. We have no doubt of this now. In fact, a diatomic molecule as simple as a neutral sodium dimer, with only two outer-orbital electrons was not well understood. Schawlow’s comment:
“To find something new, you never need to know everything about a subject. You only need to recognize one thing that is unknown.”
This impressed us the most! Therefore, which “unknown” would be a good one for Mrs. Xia to study when she began research in Schawlow’s group during April of 1980?
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Xia, HR., Wang, ZG. (1987). Study of Small but Complete Molecules — Na2 . In: Yen, W.M., Levenson, M.D. (eds) Lasers, Spectroscopy and New Ideas. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 54. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47872-0_10
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