Abstract

We present the first experimental study of molecular beam scattering on a crystallographic diamond surface using state selective laser techniques. These techniques /1-4/ allow one to "prepare" the molecules in well defined states of internal and external motion before the interaction with the surface and, by "interrogating" their state after the collision, to deduce essential features of the dynamics of the molecule surface interaction as well as the energy transfer and accomodation that takes place among the single molecule and surface degrees of freedom.

© 1988 Optical Society of America