Predissociation dynamics of the B state of CH3I by femtosecond pump-probe technique

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 10506-10513

  Wang, Yanmei ^a,b   Shen, Huan ^a,b   Hua, Linqiang ^a,b   Hu, Changjin ^a,b   Zhang, Bing ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTONS; PROBES; RYDBERG STATES; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

DIRECT COUPLING; FEMTOSECOND PUMP PROBES; FEMTOSECOND PUMP-PROBE TECHNIQUES; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRON IMAGING; PRE-DISSOCIATION; SECOND CROSSING; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 67649292531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.010506     Document Type: Article

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