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<jats:p>Photodissociation of NO has been investigated in the energy region between 8.89 eV, the energy required to produce N(2D)+O(3 P), and 9.26 eV, the ionization limit. Using the technique of resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI), we have demonstrated that there are areas in this energy region in which there are large yields of N(2D), and others where the yields are small. Localized concentrations, from 2-hν dissociation of NO at 270 nm, are an order of magnitude greater than can be obtained from a discharge in N2.</jats:p>