Laser Applications in Chemistry

This volume contains lectures and seminars presented at the Nato Advanced Study Institute on "Laser Applications to Chemistry" held at San Miniato (Pisa) Italy, June 27 - July 11, 1982. We would like to give our recognition to all who contributed to the superb scientific quality and to the stimulating atmosphere of this summer school. In particular, we thank all speakers and participants in the discussions. We acknowledge the great efforts of Tito Arecchi as the director of the school, and the assistance of Mrs. Maria Bonaria Petrone and Mrs. Giovanna Ravini in the or­ ganization of the conference. On behalf of all participants we thank Miss Iva Arecchi for the friendly care she has taken and for her profound guidance through its history and the arts of the Toscana during the excursions. We are in particular indebted to Giacinto Scoles who organ­ ized this meeting together with Karl L. Kompa. Unfortunately, due to health reasons, Giacinto Scoles had to give up the idea of edit­ ing the proceedings of this meeting. Naturally, the change in the editorial staff caused a delay in the preparation of this volume. The subject of laser application to chemistry has not been review­ ed comprehensively in recent years. Many of the lectures andsem­ inars presented in San Miniato had the character of review arti­ cles. Therefore we feel that the material contained in this vol­ ume has not lost any of its actuality. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-11 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Laser Sources for Chemical Experiments....Pages 15-24 High Power Optically Pumped Mid-Infrared Molecular Gas Lasers....Pages 25-33 Synchrotron Radiation and Laser Excitation Sources for Studies of Intramolecular Dynamics....Pages 35-45 Enhancing Synchrotron Radiation: Wigglers, Undulators and the Free Electron Laser....Pages 47-54 Front Matter....Pages 55-55 Analytical Chemistry Methods Based on Absorption of Laser Light....Pages 57-65 Laser Excited Fluorescence Methods in Analytical Chemistry....Pages 67-73 Multiphoton Ionization in Analytical Chemistry....Pages 75-79 Nonlinear Spectroscopic Techniques and their Applications to Analytical Chemistry....Pages 81-87 Laser Measurements of Trace Gases in the Atmosphere and in the Laboratory....Pages 89-100 Front Matter....Pages 101-101 VUV Laser Spectroscopy of Atomic and Molecular Hydrogen....Pages 103-115 Laser Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions....Pages 117-121 Photodissociation Dynamics Experiments with NO 2 ....Pages 123-131 Collision Induced Mode Selective Energy Transfer in Methylfluoride....Pages 133-140 Infra-Red Laser Induced Energy Distributions in Polyatomic Molecules....Pages 141-149 Dynamics of Multiphoton Excitation of Polyatomic Molecules by Means of One or Two IR Laser Frequencies....Pages 151-159 Multiphoton Ionization and Fragmentation of Polyatomic Molecules....Pages 161-169 Multiphoton Selective Excitation: On the Role of Chaotic Dynamics with Many Basins of Attraction....Pages 171-181 Two Applications of Lasers: I. Multiphoton Excitation of Chemical Reactions II. Mode Specific Excitation of Bimolecular Reactions....Pages 183-191 State-to-State Chemical Kinetics Studied with Laser-Induced Fluorescence....Pages 193-198 Front Matter....Pages 101-101 The Effect of Vibrational and Translational Excitation in Atom-Molecule Reactions....Pages 199-206 IR Laser-Induced Desorption, Reaction, and Ionization Processes at Surfaces....Pages 207-214 Study of Molecule-Surface Interaction by Lasers....Pages 215-224 Laser Photolysis Studies of Quinone Reduction by Chlorophyll A in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Systems....Pages 225-235 Front Matter....Pages 237-237 Laser Initiated Free Radical Chemistry....Pages 239-243 Laser Induced Selective Decomposition Reactions....Pages 245-249 Photoinitiated Catalysis by Transition Metal Carbonyls....Pages 251-257 Formation of C 2 H 3 Cl by Laser-Induced Radical Chain Reactions....Pages 259-265 Back Matter....Pages 267-273