title: The dynamics of "stretched molecules": experimental studies of highly vibrationally excited molecules with stimulated emission pumping.
abstract: We review stimulated emission pumping as used to study molecular dynamics. The review presents unimolecular as well as scattering studies. Topics include intramolecular vibrational redistribution, unimolecular isomerization and dissociation, van der Waals clusters, rotational energy transfer, vibrational energy transfer, gas-surface interactions, atmospheric effects resulting from nonequilibrium vibrational excitation, and vibrational promotion of electron transfer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. msilva@mit.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jongma
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wodtke