Effect of depletion of many rotational states in vibrational excitation of molecules in a strong IR field
Alimpiev S.S. , Bagratashvili V.N. , Karlov N.V., Letokhov V.S., Lobko V.V. , Makarov A.A. , Sartakov B.C., Khokhlov E.M.
Collisionless excitation of polyatomic molecules from the ground vibrational state independently of their rotational state was experimentally observed in a laser IR field of moderate intensity. This capture of many rotational states should be invoked in the analysis of collisionless dissociation of polyatomic molecules.