Selectivity of dissociation of polyatomic molecules in a two-frequency IR laser field
Ambartsumyan R.V., Gorokhov Yu.A., Letokhov V.S., Makarov G.N., Puretskii A.A., Furzikov N.P.
A method is proposed for the dissociation of polyatomic molecules in a two-frequency IR laser field. In this method, a weak resonant field excites the molecules selectively, and a strong nonresonant subsequent field produces excitation into the quasicontinuum and dissociation. An appreciable increase of the dissociation selectivity is obtained.