Femtosecond laser desorption of molecularly adsorbed oxygen from Pt(111)

F. J. Kao*, D. G. Busch, D. Cohen, D. Gomes Da Costa, W. Ho

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Abstract

Desorption of molecularly adsorbed O2 from Pt(111) by 620 nm femtosecond laser pulses shows a nonlinear fluence dependence of the yield and a subpicosecond response time. The measurements were carried out by means of a two-pulse correlation scheme using a pulse counting quadrupole mass spectrometer. These results can be understood with a model involving multiple reexcitations of the adsorbate by photogenerated carriers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2094-2097
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume71
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993

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