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Publication
Physical Review Letters
Paper
Infrared-induced single-phonon desorption of HD from LiF (100)
Abstract
Low-intensity (10-510-2 watts/cm2) IR radiation at 95 m desorbs HD from 1.54.2-K LiF (100) at a rate (maximum 0.001 monolayer/s) proportional to the light intensity. This process is independent of temperature below 4.2 K, the velocity distribution is approximated by a temperature of 21 K, and the desorption efficiency increases with increasing wavelength. Desorption is attributed to single phonons created in a cascade following optical absorption. Thermal desorption is excluded as a possible mechanism except at high surface temperatures and coverages. © 1987 The American Physical Society.