Abstract
Resonance hyper-Raman (RHR) excitation profiles of rovibrational transitions of NH3 are observed as the incident blue radiation is tuned through two-photon resonance with the v″2 =2 and v″2 =3 bands of the UV X→A Rydberg transition. The excitation frequency dependence of the rotationally resolved HREPs are fit by our previously derived intensity expressions [L. D. Ziegler et al., J. Chem. Phys. 87, 4498 (1987)]. These fits to theory reveal J-dependent photodissociation rates for both vibronic bands on the A state surface that correspond to subpicosecond lifetimes. The rotationally assisted dynamical effects are consistent with the previous results of linear rotational Raman excitation profile studies and with an adiabatic centrifugal mechanism which couples rotational motion with the photodissociative reaction coordinate.
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