Two-colour sub-Doppler circular dichroism: a four-vector correlation molecular dynamics experiment for inelastic and reactive collisions

Abstract

The technique of two-colour sub-Doppler circular dichroism (SDCD) is described and a four-vector correlation molecular dynamics experiment is demonstrated. Results are given for elastic and inelastic collisional processes between Li2 and the rare gases Ar and Xe. The technique is of wide applicability and could be used to study the dynamics of elastic, inealstic and reactive collisions.