286
Index
Proteomics, 177
Proton distribution map, 52
Proton kinetic energy release, 36
Pulse shaping, 174
Pump-degenerate four wave mixing, 206
Pump-probe, 27, 126
Pump-probe laser schemes, 63
Pump-probe mass spectrometry, 232
Pyrazole, 130
Pyrrole, 129
Q
Quantum control, 174
Quantum dynamical calculations, 165
Quantum dynamics (QD), 153, 155–160, 162
Quantum yield, 218
R
Rabi frequency, 40
Rabi oscillation, 40, 41
Rabi-type oscillations, 39
Radical, 196
Radical formation, 194, 200
Radical intermediates, 197
Reaction microscope, 6
Reaction times, 75
Reduced-dimensionality theoretical
treatments, 75
Relaxation matrix, 266
REMPI, 138
Resonance enhanced multi-photon ionization,
232
Resonant enhancement, 79
Resonant multiphoton ionization, 61
Retinal protonated Schiff base, 207, 212
RIPS, 264
Rotational coherences, 110
Rotational wavepacket, 275
Rydberg, 127
Rydberg state, 91
S
Saddle-point method, 17
Scaling laws, 266
Second absorption band, 88
SH, 149–152, 157, 159
Single ionization probabilities, 38
Soft collision, 272
Spectral methods, 29
Spectral overlap, 211
Spectral-temporal, 187
Spectrally-resolved DFWM, 214
Speed-memory, 270
Spin-orbit, 152, 159, 164
Spin-orbit coupling, 146, 147, 152, 157, 158
Stark effect, 152, 159, 165
Stark shift, 163
Step-ladder mechanism, 41
Stimulated emission pumping DFWM, 221
Stimulated pump excitation (SEP) mechanism,
226
Strong field, 149, 152, 159, 162, 165
Strong laser pulses, 162
Strong laser-molecule interaction, 152
Strong pulses, 146, 156
Strong-field approximation, 17
Strong-field control, 95
Structural changes, 206
Superposition of two states, 43
Supersonic expansion, 65
Supersonic molecular beam, 106
Surface hopping (SH), 147
Surface pump-probe fs-laser mass
spectrometry, 238
Surface-aligned chemistry, 233
Surface-aligned femtochemistry, 231
Surface-aligned femtosecond photoreaction,
234
Surface-aligned reaction, 232, 233
Symmetry breaking, 43
T
TDSE, 29, 146, 150, 154, 155
TFS, 157
TFS algorithm, 153
Three-body decomposition, 52
Three-step mechanism, 5
Time of flight, 107
Time zero, 66
Time-delayed two-photon ionization, 43
Time-dependent Schrödinger equation
(TDSE), 17, 146
Time-dependent structural changes, 2
Time-dependent theoretical approaches, 29
Time-of-flight mass spectrometer, 178, 239
Time-of-flight mass spectrometry, 232
Time-resolved, 88
Time-resolved electron diffraction, 4
Time-resolved imaging, 27
Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, 99
Time-resolved X-ray diffraction, 2
Total kinetic energy release, 122
Transient alignment, 276
Transition dipole moment, 128
Tully’s fewest switches (TFS), 150
Tunnel ionization, 172
Index
Proteomics, 177
Proton distribution map, 52
Proton kinetic energy release, 36
Pulse shaping, 174
Pump-degenerate four wave mixing, 206
Pump-probe, 27, 126
Pump-probe laser schemes, 63
Pump-probe mass spectrometry, 232
Pyrazole, 130
Pyrrole, 129
Q
Quantum control, 174
Quantum dynamical calculations, 165
Quantum dynamics (QD), 153, 155–160, 162
Quantum yield, 218
R
Rabi frequency, 40
Rabi oscillation, 40, 41
Rabi-type oscillations, 39
Radical, 196
Radical formation, 194, 200
Radical intermediates, 197
Reaction microscope, 6
Reaction times, 75
Reduced-dimensionality theoretical
treatments, 75
Relaxation matrix, 266
REMPI, 138
Resonance enhanced multi-photon ionization,
232
Resonant enhancement, 79
Resonant multiphoton ionization, 61
Retinal protonated Schiff base, 207, 212
RIPS, 264
Rotational coherences, 110
Rotational wavepacket, 275
Rydberg, 127
Rydberg state, 91
S
Saddle-point method, 17
Scaling laws, 266
Second absorption band, 88
SH, 149–152, 157, 159
Single ionization probabilities, 38
Soft collision, 272
Spectral methods, 29
Spectral overlap, 211
Spectral-temporal, 187
Spectrally-resolved DFWM, 214
Speed-memory, 270
Spin-orbit, 152, 159, 164
Spin-orbit coupling, 146, 147, 152, 157, 158
Stark effect, 152, 159, 165
Stark shift, 163
Step-ladder mechanism, 41
Stimulated emission pumping DFWM, 221
Stimulated pump excitation (SEP) mechanism,
226
Strong field, 149, 152, 159, 162, 165
Strong laser pulses, 162
Strong laser-molecule interaction, 152
Strong pulses, 146, 156
Strong-field approximation, 17
Strong-field control, 95
Structural changes, 206
Superposition of two states, 43
Supersonic expansion, 65
Supersonic molecular beam, 106
Surface hopping (SH), 147
Surface pump-probe fs-laser mass
spectrometry, 238
Surface-aligned chemistry, 233
Surface-aligned femtochemistry, 231
Surface-aligned femtosecond photoreaction,
234
Surface-aligned reaction, 232, 233
Symmetry breaking, 43
T
TDSE, 29, 146, 150, 154, 155
TFS, 157
TFS algorithm, 153
Three-body decomposition, 52
Three-step mechanism, 5
Time of flight, 107
Time zero, 66
Time-delayed two-photon ionization, 43
Time-dependent Schrödinger equation
(TDSE), 17, 146
Time-dependent structural changes, 2
Time-dependent theoretical approaches, 29
Time-of-flight mass spectrometer, 178, 239
Time-of-flight mass spectrometry, 232
Time-resolved, 88
Time-resolved electron diffraction, 4
Time-resolved imaging, 27
Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, 99
Time-resolved X-ray diffraction, 2
Total kinetic energy release, 122
Transient alignment, 276
Transition dipole moment, 128
Tully’s fewest switches (TFS), 150
Tunnel ionization, 172