• DocumentCode
    732764
  • Title

    Explosion dynamics of methane clusters irradiated by 38 nm XUV laser pulses

  • Author

    Helal, A. ; Bruce, S. ; Quevedo, H. ; Bernstein, A. ; Keto, J. ; Ditmire, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Texas Center for High Intensity Laser Sci., Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Explosions of methane clusters using 38 nm XUV laser pulses were studied. Ion fragmentation dynamics depends upon cluster size. Coulomb explosion of protons followed by recombination of methane fragments has been observed.
  • Keywords
    laser beam effects; molecular clusters; organic compounds; photodissociation; XUV laser pulse irradiation; cluster size; ion fragmentation dynamics; methane cluster explosion dynamics; methane fragment recombination; proton Coulomb explosion; wavelength 38 nm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183201