Driven Morse Oscillator: Model for Multi-photon Dissociation of Nitrogen Oxide

TL;DR

This paper presents a semi-classical Morse potential model to study multi-photon dissociation of vibrationally excited nitrogen oxide under microwave radiation, demonstrating robustness of dissociation thresholds across different parameters.

Contribution

It introduces a semi-classical Morse potential model for multi-photon dissociation of NO and shows the thresholds are consistent despite parameter variations.

Findings

Dissociation thresholds are similar across different driving forces.

Results are robust to potential and dissociation rate variations.

Model provides insights into microwave-induced molecular dissociation.

Abstract

Within a one-dimensional semi-classical model with a Morse potential the possibility of microwave multi-photon dissociation of vibrationally excited nitrogen oxide was studied. The dissociation thresholds of typical driving forces and couplings were found to be similar, which indicates that the results were robust to variations of the potential and the definition of dissociation rate.