Study of hydrogen-bonded and metal-oxide clusters using single photon ionization from a compact soft x-ray laser

Author

Dong, F. ; Heinbuch, S. ; Rocca, J.J. ; Bernstein, E.R.

Author_Institution

Depts. of Chem. & Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We have realized the first demonstration of the use of a soft x-ray laser (26.5 eV photons) as single-photon ionization source in photochemistry experiments. TOF mass spectra of water, methanol, ammonia, and metal-oxide clusters are discussed.

Keywords

ammonia; hydrogen bonds; molecular clusters; molecule-photon collisions; organic compounds; photochemistry; photoionisation; time of flight mass spectra; water; H₂O; JkO; NH₃; ammonia clusters; electron volt energy 26.5 eV; hydrogen-bonded clusters; metal-oxide clusters; methanol clusters; photochemistry; single-photon ionization source; soft X-ray laser; time of flight mass spectra; water clusters; Chemical lasers; Gas lasers; Helium; Ionization; Laser ablation; Laser theory; Mass spectroscopy; Methanol; Photochemistry; X-ray lasers; 140.7240 UV, XUV, and X-ray lasers; 300.6400 Spectroscopy, molecular beam;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628441

Filename

4628441