PHOTODECOMPOSITION OF MO(CO)(6)/SI(111) 7X7 - CO STATE-RESOLVED EVIDENCE FOR EXCITED-STATE RELAXATION AND QUENCHING

State-resolved detection techniques have been used to characterize the ultraviolet photodecomposition dynamics of Mo(CO)(6) on Si(111) 7x7 at 100 K. Details of the excitation/fragmentation mechanism including adsorbate energy transfer were examined by measuring the cross sections and the internal and translational energies of the photoejected CO from submonolayer through multilayer coverage regimes. The CO energy distributions are found to be independent of Mo(CO)(6) coverage, and can be characterized by two components with markedly different mean energies. In contrast to the coverage independence of the measured energy disposal, the cross section was found to decrease by a factor of 3 from multilayer coverages to submonolayer coverages.