KINETIC APPLICATIONS OF SURFACE NONLINEAR OPTICAL SIGNALS

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

• Surface Nonlinear Optical Signals

  • Signal Generation

  • The Signal Strength

• The Surface Nonlinear Susceptibility

  • Surface selectivity

  • Symmetry, structure and adsorbate orientation

    • Determination Of

    • The Determination Of Adsorbate Orientation

  • Resonance Enhancement and Spectroscopy

• Kinetic Studies by SHG and SFG

  • Quasi-Steady State Measurements

    • Adsorption Kinetics

    • Electrochemical Interfaces

    • Photochemical Reactions At Interfaces

    • Thermally Induced Surface Reactions

    • Phase Transitions In Insoluble Monolayers

    • Adsorbate Diffusion By Monolayer Grating Scattering

  • Ultrafast Adsorbate Dynamics

    • Vibrational Relaxation In Adsorbates

    • Excited State Dynamics Of Adsorbates

    • Desorption Dynamics

    • Coherent Processes At Interfaces

    • Structural Dynamics Of Surfaces

• Summary and Prospects

• Acknowledgement

• References