Observation of electronic predissociation of vibrationally overexcited polyatomic molecules
Bagratashvili V. N. , Burimov V. N. , Deev L. E., Kudryavtsev Yu. A., Kuz'min M. V., Letokhov V. S. , Sviridov A. P.
A new type of electronic predissociation of a polyatomic molecule has been observed for the particular case of (CF3)3CI. This predissociation results from the many-photon IR excitation of the molecule above the dissociation energy in the electronic ground state and from a mixing of the real vibrational continuum of the ground state with an unstable excited electronic state.