Hydrogen migration during laser -induced two-body Coulomb explosion in polyatomic hydrocarbon molecules

Author

Roither, S. ; Schöffler, M. ; Kartashov, D. ; Xie, X. ; Wild, J. ; Ulrich, B. ; Kühnel, M. ; Reider, G. ; Scrinzi, A. ; Lezius, M. ; Dörner, R. ; Baltuska, A. ; Kitzler, M.

Author_Institution

Photonics Inst., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Laser-induced fragmentation of a highly polarisable polyatomic hydrocarbon molecule, 1,3-butadiene is investigated. Cold target recoil-ion momentum spectroscopy is used to record the three-dimensional momentum distributions of the fragments. Fragmentation is accompanied by fast hydrogen migration and chemical bonds are governed by intramolecular dynamics of electrons.

Keywords

bonds (chemical); intramolecular mechanics; molecular configurations; molecule-photon collisions; organic compounds; photodissociation; 1,3-butadiene; chemical bonds; cold target recoil-ion momentum spectroscopy; hydrogen migration; intramolecular dynamics; laser-induced fragmentation; laser-induced two-body Coulomb explosion; polyatomic hydrocarbon molecules; three-dimensional momentum distributions; Bonding; Chemical lasers; Electrons; Explosions; Hydrocarbons; Hydrogen; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Polarization; Protons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196332

Filename

5196332