Efficient molecular dissociation by a chirped ultrashort infrared laser pulse

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.2355
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Journal titlePhysical Review Letters
ISSN0031-9007
Volume65
Issue19
Pages2355–2358; # of pages: 4
Abstract
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.
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