EFFICIENT MOLECULAR DISSOCIATION BY A CHIRPED ULTRASHORT INFRARED-LASER PULSE

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作者
CHELKOWSKI, S [1 ]
BANDRAUK, AD [1 ]
CORKUM, PB [1 ]
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[1] NATL RES COUNCIL CANADA,DIV PHYS,OTTAWA K1A 0R6,ONTARIO,CANADA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.2355
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Dissociation probabilities and populations of excited vibrational states are calculated numerically for interaction of a Morse oscillator with a chirped, ultrashort (tp<10-11 sec), intense laser pulse. It is shown that if the pulse frequency (t) decreases at a specific rate adapted to the molecular anharmonicity, the dissociation probability is many orders of magnitude higher than for a monochromatic pulse of the same intensity. Such pulses should be useful for more efficient multiphoton dissociation of molecular bonds. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:2355 / 2358
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