UV many-photon ionization of vibrationally excited polyatomic molecules
Akulin V. M., Vurdov V. D., Esadze G. G., Karlov N. V., Prokhorov A. M., Khokhlov E. M.
Experiments reveal that vibrational excitation of polyatomic molecules influences their UV many-photon conversion accompanied by the formation of molecular ions and charged fragments. When various conversion pathways come into play, and when switches occur between these pathways, there are some observable consequences. Changes are also observed in the number of photons involved in the corresponding processes upon a change in the vibrational state of the molecule.