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The special properties of lasers have made possible investigation of a variety of chemical phenomena not accessible with conventional light sources. One of these special properties is high intensity (high photon flux) and another is spectral purity (narrow frequency range). I will tell about two experiments being conducted in my laboratory that demonstrate how these characteristics reveal chemical behaviors not even anticipated before lasers came on the scene. The first of these is called “multiphoton excitation” and the second “mode specific behavior.”
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Pimentel, G.C. (1984). Two Applications of Lasers: I. Multiphoton Excitation of Chemical Reactions II. Mode Specific Excitation of Bimolecular Reactions. In: Kompa, K.L., Wanner, J. (eds) Laser Applications in Chemistry. NATO ASI Series, vol 105. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2739-4_19
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