FEMTOSECOND PHOTOASSOCIATION SPECTROSCOPY - COHERENT BOND FORMATION

Authors
MARVET U DANTUS M
Citation
U. Marvet et M. Dantus, FEMTOSECOND PHOTOASSOCIATION SPECTROSCOPY - COHERENT BOND FORMATION, Chemical physics letters, 245(4-5), 1995, pp. 393-399
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Chemical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092614
Volume
245
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
393 - 399
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(1995)245:4-5<393:FPS-CB>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The method femtosecond photoassociation spectroscopy (FPAS) is introdu ced and we report on its application to the study of the reaction Hg Hg + h nu --> Hg-2. Our results demonstrate coherent bond formation o btained in the femtosecond time scale from free unbound reactants. The product Hg-2 is formed in the D1(u) state and shows a high degree of rotational anisotropy induced by the polarization of the binding femto second pulse.