edited by H-L Dai (Univ. Pennsylvania) & W Ho (Cornell Univ.)

Using lasers to induce and probe surface processes has the advantages of quantum state specificity, species selectivity, surface sensitivity, fast time-resolution, high frequency resolution, and accessibility to full pressure ranges. These advantages make it highly desirable to use light to induce, control, or monitor surface chemical and physical processes. Recent applications of laser based techniques in studying surface processes have stimulated new developments and enabled the understanding of fundamental problems in energy transfer and reactions. This volume will include discussions on spectroscopic techniques, energy transfer, desorption dynamics, and photochemistry.

• Spectroscopy and Diagnostics:
  • Sum-Frequency Generation as a Surface Probe (J Y Huang & Y R Shen)
  • Second Harmonic Generation from Metal Surfaces (A Liebsch)
  • Two-Photon Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Electronic States at Metal Surfaces (W Steinmann & Th Fauster)
• Energy Transfer Dynamics:
  • Ultrafast Hot Electron Relaxation in Metals (J Bokor & W S Fann)
  • Surface Vibrational Dynamics Probed by Sum Frequency Generation (P Guyot-Sionnest & A L Harris)
  • Laser Heating and Time-Resolved Measurements of Transient Temperature Changes on Surfaces (J M Hicks)
• Desorption Dynamics:
  • Electromically Stimulated Desorption of Neutrals and Ions from Adsorbed and Condensed Layers (P Feulner & D Menzel)
  • Laser-Induced Desorption (Y Murata & K Fukutani)
  • Femtosecond Surface Science: The Dynamics of Desorption (J A Misewich et al.)
  • Hot Electrons and Photodesorption Dynamics: Theory (J W Gadzuk)
  • Hydrogen Recombinative Desorption Dynamics (S F Bent et al.)
• Photochemistry:
  • Photodissociation and Photoreaction of Molecules Attached to Metal Surfaces (X L Zhou & J M White)
  • Dynamics of Adsorbate Photochemistry (J C Polanyi & Y Zeiri)
  • and sixteen other papers