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Collisionless Dissociation of Polyatomic Molecules by Multiphoton Infrared Absorption

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Tunable Lasers and Applications

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During the past year numerous experimental and theoretical investigations have been carried out on the prompt dissociation of several polyatomic molecules by intense CO2 laser pulses. The fact that this dissociation process is isotopically selective [1,2] undoubtedly provided the major impetus for this activity. In this presentation attention will not be focused on the important application of laser isotope separation, but on the physical processes by which a single molecule, without the benefit of collisions, may by exposure to an infrared laser pulse acquire sufficient energy for dissociation to occur.

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  1. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA

    N. Bloembergen

  2. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA

    C. D. Cantrell

  3. M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 02173, USA

    D. M. Larsen

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Bloembergen, N., Cantrell, C.D., Larsen, D.M. (1976). Collisionless Dissociation of Polyatomic Molecules by Multiphoton Infrared Absorption. In: Mooradian, A., Jaeger, T., Stokseth, P. (eds) Tunable Lasers and Applications. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37996-6_15

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