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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
