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Multiphoton interactions in molecules with picosecond laser pulses. Progress report, July 15, 1985-July 14, 1986

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5727749
The phenomena of superexcitation is discussed for C/sub 2/F/sub 5/Cl. This phenomena, which was first observed for SF/sub 6/, is the excitation of very high levels of molecules by ultrashort pulses. For the same fluence, picosecond pulses were found to deposit more energy into the molecule than longer duration pulses. A second experimental result is discussed. The effect of collisions and pulse duration on the absorption spectrum of C/sub 3/F/sub 7/I. In this experiment it is observed that the linewidth decreases with pulse length. A red shift is observed with increased pressure. 2 refs., 2 figs.
Research Organization:
State Univ. of New York, Buffalo (USA). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-85ER13405
OSTI ID:
5727749
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/13405-1; ON: DE86011550
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English