Molecular radiation

Molecular radiation results from the rotational, vibrational, and electronic energy transitions of molecules.

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Spectral bands are the combination of many different spectral lines resulting from vibrational, rotational and electronic transitions. Unresolved band spectra may appears as a spectral continuum.

Molecular emission is the mechanism behind the sulfur lamp and the deuterium arc lamp.

See also

• Vibronic transition
• Atomic spectral line, discontinuous spectra emitted or absorbed by atoms