LIF detection of molybdenum atoms in the collisionless 5 μm infrared multiphoton decomposition of Mo(CO)6

✍ Scribed by Sergei A. Trushin; Ko-ichi Sugawara; Harutoshi Takeo

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 610 KB
• Volume: 236
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(95)00236-w

✦ Synopsis

The observation of Mo atom production by collisionless infrared multiphoton decomposition (IR MPD) of Mo(CO) 6 with second harmonic radiation ( = 5 Ixm) of a TEA CO 2 laser is reported. Mo atoms in the ground state aTS3 have been detected by the UV laser induced fluorescence technique. The production of naked metal atoms has been explained by a sequence of IR MPD processes of parent Mo(CO)~, molecules and vibrationally excited photofragments Mo(CO) x (x < 6).