Journal article
Selective bond breakage in HOD with shaped UV-femtosecond laser pulses
In
Chemical Physics Letters
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2006, Volume 419, Issue 1-3, pp. 65-69
Abstract
With HOD initially in its vibrational ground state, we analyze the laser-induced quantum control of the OD/OH branching ratio in D+OH←HOD→H+OD, on the isolated potential energy surface associated with the first absorption band. Any form of UV-pulse shaping control – in the weak-field limit – will always lead to a branching ratio larger than ∼2.
In the strong-field limit, it is possible to manipulate/control the wave packet motion on the isolated excited state surface via (bond-selective) dump to the electronic ground state. We discuss how to obtain a branching ratio less than 2, a signature of genuine control.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2006 |
| Pages: | 65-69 |
| ISSN: | 00092614 and 18734448 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cplett.2005.10.151 |
| ORCIDs: | Møller, Klaus Braagaard and Henriksen, Niels Engholm |
