EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF LASER CONTROL - ELECTRONIC BRANCHING IN THE PHOTODISSOCIATION OF NA-2

Authors
SHNITMAN A SOFER I GOLUB I YOGEV A SHAPIRO M CHEN Z BRUMER P
Citation
A. Shnitman et al., EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF LASER CONTROL - ELECTRONIC BRANCHING IN THE PHOTODISSOCIATION OF NA-2, Physical review letters, 76(16), 1996, pp. 2886-2889
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
76
Issue
16
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2886 - 2889
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)76:16<2886:EOLC-E>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Control over the product branching ratio in the photodissociation of N a-2 into Na(3s) + Na(3p) and Na(3s) + Na(3d) is demonstrated using a t wo-photon incoherent interference control scenario. Ordinary pulsed na nosecond lasers are used and Na-2 is at thermal equilibrium in a heat pipe. Results show a depletion in the Na(3d) product of at least 25% a nd a concomitant increase in the Na(3p) yield as the relative frequenc y of the two lasers is scanned.