Chemical reactions in homogeneous systems activated by laser radiation have been
extensively investigated for more than a decade. The applications of lasers to promote gas …

(1) TF George, AC Beri, KS Lam, and J. Lin,“Laser Photochemistry” in “Laser Applications”,
Vol. 5, JF Ready and RK Erf, Ed., Academic Press, NewYork, in press.(2) TF George, Opt …

A LiF (001) surface with submonolayercoverage of CH3Br was irradiated bypulsed
ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Products were examined normal to the surface by timeof flight …

Photon-stimulated desorption due to internal vibrational excitation of adsorbed molecules is
a resonant phenomenon and has recently attracted considerable experimental and …

Submonolayers of CH3Br physisorbed on a LiF (00 1) surface were irradiated by pulsed
ultraviolet (UV) in ultrahigh vacuum in a study of surface aligned photochemistry (SAP) …

Resonantly excited desorption of pyridine molecules adsorbed on silver surfaces at 95 K
has been observed. The strong dependence of the laser-induced desorption on the laser …

The energy within a vibrationally excited physisorbed molecule often exceeds that needed
to break its bond to the surface. Energy transfer from the vibrating chemical bond to the …

Surface temperatures generated by gaussian, rectangular, and triangular laser pulses are
determined by solving a heat diffusion equation. The dependence of the temperature on the …

Pulsed-infrared-laser time-of-flight mass spectrometry has been applied to investigate
photodesorption of NH 3 adsorbed on a Cu (100) surface at 90 K. Desorption from …

Theoretical techniques for describing laser-stimulated surface processes in a vacuum and at
a gas-surface interface are presented. For adspecies-surface systems, the laser excitation of …