Ultrafast Dynamics of Chemical Reactions.

The research and efforts mentioned above describe our accomplishments and new findings in three areas a fundamental RD b new technologies and techniques and c educational and training of research associates at Caltech. in the area of fundamental RD, the laboratories are considered one of the nationalinternational resources for the studies of the fundamental dynamics of chemical reactivity. Detailed description of the works are given in the publications in this report. As for the development of new technologies and techniques, our efforts, supported by the AFOSR, have been central to the development of ultrafast laser and electron technologies and their applications. These developments are essential to high-speed technologies, and, as mentioned in the previous report, Japans MITI announced recently that Femtoscience and Femtotechnology are the key to many future industries of new materials, optical communication, switching,...etc. they committed 200 millions to this science and technology. Finally, the Caltech group currently has close to 25 visiting associates, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students and undergraduate students. The training and education of new generation of scientists and technologists in these areas have been extremely profitable, as evident by the leading institutions and in the industrial sector.