Multiphoton Spectroscopy of Molecules

PrefaceChapter 1 Introduction 1.1 General Survey of the Progress of Visible/UV Multiphoton Spectroscopy 1.2 Characteristic Properties of Multiphoton Transitions ReferencesChapter 2 Theory of Multiphoton Absorption and lonization 2.1 The Perturbation Method 2.2 The Green's Function Method 2.3 The Density Matrix Method 2.4 The Susceptibility Method 2.5 Multiphoton Ionization ReferencesChapter 3 Experimental Methods 3.1 Early Experimental Results of Two-Photon Spectroscopy 3.2 Experimental Techniques I 3.3 Experimental Techniques II: Detection of Two- or Three-Photon Absorption by Multiphoton Ionization of Molecules 3.4 The Photoacoustic Detection Method 3.5 Miscellaneous Detection Methods ReferencesChapter 4 Characteristics of Multiphoton Spectroscopy 4.1 Intensity Dependence 4.2 Polarization Behavior of Two-Photon Processes ReferencesChapter 5 Spectral Properties of Multiphoton Transitions 5.1 The Nonresonant Intermediate State 5.2 The Resonant Intermediate State 5.3 Doppler-Free Multiphoton Spectroscopy ReferencesChapter 6 Spectroscopic Results 6.1 Rydberg Transitions 6.2 Valence States ReferencesChapter 7 New Developments in Multiphoton Spectroscopy 7.1 Multiphoton Ionization Mass Spectroscopy 7.2 Multiphoton Circular Dichroism 7.3 Ion Dip Spectroscopy 7.4 Multiphoton Magnetic Circular Dichroism ReferencesAppendix I I.A Calculation of Mode Density I.B The Coherent State Method I.C The Susceptibility Method ReferencesAppendix II II.A Symmetric Properties of D(J)MK(O) Functions II.B Symmetric Properties of Wigner 3j SymbolsAppendix III III.A Derivation of Eq. (5.2.20) III.B Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation III.C Evaluation of a Generating Function ReferencesAppendix IV IV.A Quasi-Equilibrium Theory ReferencesIndex