Multiple photon absorption of anharmonic molecules in cw laser beams
Abstract
The average excitation level of anharmonic molecules in cw beams is determined as well as the distribution of excited states. The deactivation process consists of relaxation, diffusion, and convection. For low excitation levels, a closed solution can be obtained for constant cross section. For higher excitation levels, the variation of the cross section has to be considered and numerical results are presented.
- Publication:
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Journal of Applied Physics
- Pub Date:
- March 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.325017
- Bibcode:
- 1978JAP....49.1260S
- Keywords:
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- Continuous Wave Lasers;
- Laser Beams;
- Molecular Absorption;
- Molecular Excitation;
- Optical Transition;
- Photoabsorption;
- Photon Beams;
- Deactivation;
- Electron Transitions;
- Molecular Diffusion;
- Molecular Relaxation;
- Photoionization;
- Atomic and Molecular Physics;
- 82.50.Et;
- 31.70.Hq;
- 33.80.Kn;
- 31.50.+w;
- Time-dependent phenomena: excitation and relaxation processes and reaction rates