Reduction of Eu3+ to Eu2+ by an intense femtosecond laser pulse in solution

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Nishida, Daisuke [1 ]
Kusaba, Mitsuhiro [2 ]
Yatsuhashi, Tomoyuki [1 ]
Nakashima, Nobuaki [1 ]
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[1] Osaka City Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Dept Chem, Sumiyoshi Ku, Osaka 5588585, Japan
[2] Osaka Sangyo Univ, Dept Elect Informat & Commun Engn, Osaka 5748530, Japan
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10.1016/j.cplett.2008.10.005
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Europium 3+ ions in methanol were found to be reduced to the corresponding 2+ ions upon irradiation with intense femtosecond laser pulses. The excitation wavelength of 800 nm was nonresonant with their electronic transitions of Eu3+. It is notable that femtosecond white-light laser was generated when the reactions occurred. The mechanisms can be explained in terms of solvated electron formation followed by the reduction. The electron ejection in a focused beam in solution has been known to be accompanied by white- light laser. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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