Controlling molecular ground-state dissociation by optimizing vibrational ladder climbing

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2021-2024

  Witte, T ^a   Hornung, T ^a   Windhorn, L ^a   Proch, D ^a   De Vivie Riedle, R ^a   Motzkus, M ^a   Kompa, K L ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GERMANIUM; GROUND STATE; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CHIRPED FEMTOSECOND MID-INFRARED LASER PULSE; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; POLYATOMIC MOLECULE; UNIMOLECULAR DISSOCIATION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037328935     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1540101     Document Type: Article

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