Excitation laser fluence effects on the Ba ... FCH3 + hv τ BaF + CH3 intracluster reaction

  • A. González Ureña*
  • , K. Gasmi
  • , J. Jiménez
  • , R. F. Lobo
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this work, results on the Ba...FCH3 + hv → BaF (Ba*) + CH3 (CH3F) reaction obtained under high laser field conditions are reported. We have found that the two-photodissociation channel yields, i.e. the reactive BaF and non-reactive Ba* products, exhibited opposite behaviour depending upon the laser fluence. Whereas the BaF yield rises as the laser fluence is increased, the Ba* yield decreases over the same laser fluence range. In other words, the product (Ba*)/(BaF) branching ratio changes significantly from low to high laser fluence in such a way that the (photoinitiated) Ba...FCH3 → BaF + CH3 reaction may be controlled by changing the intensity of the excitation laser field.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)369-374
Number of pages6
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume352
Issue number5-6
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Feb 2002
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge helpful discussions with J.M. Mestdagh on the results presented in this work. This work received financial support from DGES of Spain Grant PB97-0272 and the Ramón Areces Foundation.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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