A simple one dimensional two state model for the laser induced desorption and the desorption of NO from a NiO(100) surface are investigated. This is done by utilising a mixed quantum classical algorithm derived from generalised surface hopping [1]. The algorithm used is a surface hopping method with optical potentials describing the electronic excitation and de-excitation processes. The simple model is used to explore the dependence of the desorption probability on the potential parameters. We show that the critical parameters are the lifetime, the separation of the minima and the width of the excited state potential. For the NO/ NiO(100) system the electronic states taken into account are the ground state and one charge transfer state. The corresponding forces used in the dynamic simulation are based on two dimensional ab initio potentials, calculated by Kl¨uner et al. [2]. These were extended by simple models to a full description of the desorbing molecule together with one surface coordinate. In the simulations two species of desorbing molecules are found, one with early and the other with late desorption times. The second species accounts for most of the di erence in desorption yield found when comparing the mixed quantum classical simulation to the wave packet results in [3]. When investigating the e ect of additional degrees of freedom on the dynamics we find the surface oscillator to be the most decisive one, slowing down the early desorbing molecules and lowering the rotational temperature of the desorbed molecules substantially.
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