Chemical Reactions and Their Control on the Femtosecond Time Scale 20th Solvay Conference on Chemistry, Volume 101

by Gaspard, Pierre; Burghardt, Irene

• ISBN13: 9780471180487
• ISBN10: 0471180483
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-08-04
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Summary

Continuing the tradition of the Advances in Chemical Physics series, Volume 101: Chemical Reactions and Their Control on the Femtosecond Time Scale details the extraordinary findings reported at the XXth Solvay Conference on Chemistry, held at the Universit?? Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, from November 28 to December 2, 1995. This new volume discusses the remarkable opportunities afforded by the femtosecond laser, focusing on the host of phenomena this laser has made it possible to observe. Examining molecules on the intrinsic time scale of their vibrations as well as their dissociative motions and electronic excitations represents only part of a broadened scientific window made possible by the femtosecond laser.The assembled studies, with follow-up discussions, reflect the many specialties and perspectives of the Conference's 65 participants as well as their optimism concerning the breadth of scientific discovery now open to them. The studies shed light on the laser's enhanced technical reach in the area of coherent control of chemical reactions as well as of more general quantum systems. The theoretical fundamentals of femto-chemistry, the unique behavior of the femtosecond laser, and a view toward future technological applications were also discussed: Femtochemistry: chemical reaction dynamics and their control Coherent control with femtosecond laser pulses Femtosecond chemical dynamics in condensed phases Control of quantum many-body dynamics Experimental observation of laser control Solvent dynamics and RRKM theory of clusters High-resolution spectroscopy and intramolecular dynamics Molecular Rydberg states and ZEKE spectroscopy Transition-state spectroscopy and photodissociation Quantum and semiclassical theories of chemical reaction rates. A fascinating and informative status report on the cutting-edge chemical research made possible by the femtosecond laser, Chemical Reactions and Their Control on the Femtosecond Time Scale is an indispensable volume for professionals and students alike.The femtosecond laser and chemistry's extraordinary new frontier of molecular motions observed on the scale of a quadrillionth of a second.Research chemists have only tapped the surface of the spectacular reach and precision of the femtosecond laser, a technology that has allowed them to observe the dynamics of molecules on the intrinsic time scale of their vibrations, dissociative motions, and electronic excitations. Volume 101 in the Advances in Chemical Physics series, Chemical Reactions and Their Control on the Femtosecond Time Scale details their extraordinary findings, presented at the XXth Solvay Conference on Chemistry, in Brussels.The studies reflect the work, in part, of the Conference's 65 participants, including many prominent contributors. Together they shed light on the laser's enhanced technical range in the area of coherent control of chemical reactions as well as of more general quantum systems. The theoretical fundamentals of femtochemistry, the unique behavior of the femtosecond laser, and a view toward future technological applications were also discussed.An exceptionally up-to-date examination of the chemical analyses made possible by the femtosecond laser, Chemical Reactions and Their Control on the Femtosecond Time Scale is an important reference for professionals and students interested in enhancing their research capabilities with this remarkable tool.From 1993 to 1996, she worked with Dr. P. Gaspard at the Universit?? Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, on the application of new semiclassical techniques to elementary chemical reaction processes.

Author Biography

About the editors <p>PIERRE GASPARD is a permanent scientific researcher at the National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS Belgium) at the Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems of the UniversitT Libre de Bruxelles. A specialist in classical and quantum dynamical systems theory, he has made several contributions to the semiclassical theory of intramolecular and reaction dynamics as well as to the control of chemical reactions, in collaboration with Prof. S. A. Rice. gt;IRENE BURGHARDT received her PhD. in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy in 1992 from the UniversitT de Lausanne, Switzerland, under the supervision of Prof. G. Bodenhausen.

Table of Contents

OPENING REMARKS	xxxi
J. Solvay
FEMTOCHEMISTRY: FROM ISOLATED MOLECULES TO CLUSTERS	3	(98)
FEMTOCHEMISTRY: CHEMICAL REACTION DYNAMICS AND THEIR CONTROL	3	(44)
A. H. Zewail
Discussion on the Report
A. H. Zewail
COHERENT CONTROL WITH FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES	47	(36)
T. Baumert
J. Helbing
G. Gerber
Discussion on the Report
G. Gerber
GENERAL DISCUSSION ON FEMTOCHEMISTRY: FROM ISOLATED MOLECULES TO CLUSTERS	83	(18)
FEMTOCHEMISTRY: FROM CLUSTERS TO SOLUTIONS	101	(112)
SIZE-DEPENDENT ULTRAFAST RELAXATION PHENOMENA IN METAL CLUSTERS	101	(40)
R. S. Berry
V. Bonacic-Koutecky
J. Gaus
Th. Leisner
H. Ruppe
S. Rutz
E. Schreiber
St. Vajda
S. Wolf
L. Woste
J. Manz
B. Reischl-Lenz
R. de Vivie-Riedle
Discussion on the Report
L. Woste
FEMTOSECOND CHEMICAL DYNAMICS IN CONDENSED PHASES	141	(44)
G. R. Fleming
T. Joo
M. Cho
Discussion on the Report
G. R. Fleming
FEMTOSECOND LASER CONTROL OF ELECTRON BEAMS FOR ULTRAFAST DIFFRACTION	185	(8)
V. S. Letokhov
Discussion on the Communication
V. S. Letokhov
GENERAL DISCUSSION ON FEMTOCHEMISTRY: FROM CLUSTERS TO SOLUTIONS	193	(20)
LASER CONTROL OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS	213	(178)
PERSPECTIVES ON THE CONTROL OF QUANTUM MANY-BODY DYNAMICS: APPLICATION TO CHEMICAL REACTIONS	213	(72)
S. A. Rice
Discussion on the Report
S. A. Rice
EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION OF LASER CONTROL: ELECTRONIC BRANCHING IN THE PHOTODISSOCIATION OF Na(2)	285	(10)
A. Shnitman
I. Sofer
I. Golub
A. Yogev
M. Shapiro
Z. Chen
P. Brumer
Discussion on the Communication
M. Shapiro
COHERENT CONTROL OF BIMOLECULAR SCATTERING	295	(6)
P. Brumer
M. Shapiro
LASER HEATING, COOLING, AND TRANSPARENCY OF INTERNAL DEGREES OF FREEDOM OF MOLECULES	301	(14)
D. J. Tannor
R. Kosloff
A. Bartana
Discussion on the Communication
D. J. Tannor
RAMIFICATIONS OF FEEDBACK FOR CONTROL OF QUANTUM DYNAMICS	315	(12)
H. Rabitz
Discussion on the Communication
H. Rabitz
THEORY OF LASER CONTROL OF VIBRATIONAL TRANSITIONS AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS BY ULTRASHORT INFRARED LASER PULSES	327	(18)
M. V. Korolkov
J. Manz
G. K. Paramonov
Discussion on the Communication
J. Manz
TIME-FREQUENCY AND COORDINATE-MOMENTUM WIGNER WAVEPACKETS IN NONLINEAR SPECTROSCOPY	345	(28)
S. Mukamel
C. Ciordas-Ciurdariu
V. Khidekel
GENERAL DISCUSSION ON LASER CONTROL OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS	373	(18)
INTRAMOLECULAR DYNAMICS	391	(72)
SOLVENT DYNAMICS AND RRKM THEORY OF CLUSTERS	391	(18)
R. A. Marcus
Discussion on the Report
R. A. Marcus
HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY AND INTRAMOLECULAR DYNAMICS	409	(40)
H. J. Neusser
R. Neuhauser
Discussion on the Report
H. J. Neusser
GENERAL DISCUSSION ON INTRAMOLECULAR DYNAMICS	449	(14)
REGULAR AND IRREGULAR FEATURES IN UNIMOLECULAR SPECTRA AND DYNAMICS	463	(144)
INTRAMOLECULAR DYNAMICS IN THE FREQUENCY DOMAIN	463	(28)
R. W. Field
J. P. O'Brien
M. P. Jacobson
S. A. B. Solina
W. F. Polik
H. Ishikawa
EMERGENCE OF CLASSICAL PERIODIC ORBITS AND CHAOS IN INTRAMOLECULAR AND DISSOCIATION DYNAMICS	491	(92)
P. Gaspard
I. Burghardt
GENERAL DISCUSSION ON REGULAR AND IRREGULAR FEATURES IN UNIMOLECULAR SPECTRA AND DYNAMICS	583	(24)
MOLECULAR RYDBERG STATES AND ZEKE SPECTROSCOPY	607	(122)
ZEKE SPECTROSCOPY	607	(18)
E. W. Schlag
Discussion on the Report
E. W. Schlag
SEPARATION OF TIME SCALES IN THE DYNAMICS OF HIGH MOLECULAR RYDBERG STATES	625	(22)
R. D. Levine
GENERAL DISCUSSION ON MOLECULAR RYDBERG STATES AND ZEKE SPECTROSCOPY: PART I	647	(20)
FROM RYDBERG STATE DYNAMICS TO ION-MOLECULE REACTIONS USING ZEKE SPECTROSCOPY	667	(34)
T. P. Softley
S. R. Mackenzie
F. Merkt
D. Rolland
Discussion on the Report
T. P. Softley
QUANTUM DEFECT THEORY OF THE DYNAMICS OF MOLECULAR RYDBERG STATES	701	(10)
Ch. Jungen
Discussion on the Report
Ch. Jungen
SUBPICOSECOND STUDY OF BUBBLE FORMATION UPON RYDBERG STATE EXCITATION IN CONDENSED RARE GASES	711	(8)
M. T. Portella-Oberli
C. Jeannin
M. Chergui
Discussion on the Communication
M. Chergui
GENERAL DISCUSSION ON MOLECULAR RYDBERG STATES AND ZEKE SPECTROSCOPY: PART II	719	(10)
TRANSITION-STATE SPECTROSCOPY AND PHOTODISSOCIATION	729	(90)
PHOTODISSOCIATION SPECTROSCOPY AND DYNAMICS OF THE VINOXY (CH(2)CHO) RADICAL	729	(16)
D. L. Osborn
H. Choi
D. M. Neumark
Discussion on the Report
D. M. Neumark
RESONANCES IN UNIMOLECULAR DISSOCIATION: FROM MODE-SPECIFIC TO STATISTICAL BEHAVIOR	745	(44)
R. Schinke
H. -M. Keller
H. Flothmann
M. Stumpf
C. Beck
D. H. Mordaunt
A. J. Dobbyn
Discussion on the Report
R. Schinke
PHOTODISSOCIATING SMALL POLYATOMIC MOLECULES IN THE VUV REGION: RESONANCES IN THE XXX(+) XXX(+) BAND OF OCS	789	(10)
K. Yamanouchi
K. Ohde
A. Hishikawa
Discussion on the Communication
K. Yamanouchi
PHASE AND AMPLITUDE IMAGING OF EVOLVING WAVEPACKETS BY SPECTROSCOPIC MEANS	799	(10)
M. Shapiro
Discussion on the Communication
M. Shapiro
GENERAL DISCUSSION ON TRANSITION-STATE SPECTROSCOPY AND PHOTODISSOCIATION	809	(10)
REACTION RATE THEORIES	819	(70)
RECENT ADVANCES IN STATISTICAL ADIABATIC CHANNEL CALCULATIONS OF STATE-SPECIFIC DISSOCIATION DYNAMICS	819	(34)
J. Troe
Discussion on the Report
J. Troe
QUANTUM AND SEMICLASSICAL THEORIES OF CHEMICAL REACTION RATES	853	(20)
W. H. Miller
Discussion on the Report
W. H. Miller
FEMTOSPECTROCHEMISTRY: NOVEL POSSIBILITIES WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL (SPACE-TIME) RESOLUTION	873	(16)
V. S. Letokhov
Discussion on the Communication
V. S. Letokhov
ACADEMIC SESSION AT THE CASTLE OF LAEKEN: PRESENTATION TO KING ALBERT II	889	(4)
MODERN PHOTOCHEMISTRY	889	(3)
S. A. Rice
FEMTOCHEMISTRY	892	(1)
A. H. Zewail
CONCLUDING REMARKS	893	(6)
S. A. Rice
V. S. Letokhov
AUTHOR INDEX	899	(28)
SUBJECT INDEX	927