THE SOLUTION OF THE SCHRODINGER-EQUATION BY THE (T,T') METHOD USING THE WAVE OPERATOR PROCEDURE - THEORY AND APPLICATION TO MOLECULAR PHOTODISSOCIATION WITH ULTRASHORT LASER-PULSES

A new method for studying intense held photodissociation of molecules using ultrashort laser pulses is presented. The method is based on a g eneralized Floquet approach making use of the (t,t') formalism and the wave operator theory. The usefulness of the scheme. for ultrafast pho todissociation is illustrated by studying H-2(+) multiphoton dissociat ion with moderately intense and very short laser pulses. (C) 1997 Amer ican Institute of Physics.