Resonant Photocatalytic Effect in Laser-Induced Unimolecular Decomposition
- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 43 (14), 1009-1012
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.43.1009
Abstract
The probability rate of photon-catalyzed molecular predissociation (or unimolecular reaction) is shown to increase by many orders of magnitude in the case of (near-) resonance of the laser frequency with intermediate discrete molecular states. As a result, the photocatalytic effect is important even at unexpectedly low laser power. Both the resonant and the nonresonant photocatalytic effects can be demonstrated by experiments with alkalimetal dimers (e.g., ).
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