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Photon-trap spectroscopy of size-selected free cluster ions: “direct” measurement of optical absorption of Ag+ 9

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An absorption spectrum of size-selected free cluster ions has been measured “directly” via extinction of light without relying on photodepletion/dissociation spectroscopy. The novel technique employs an ion trap and an optical cavity; cluster ions stored in an ion trap interact with photons trapped in a cavity. The storage lifetime of photons in the cavity provides “direct” observation of extinction of light (photon-trap spectroscopy, which is a generalized scheme of cavity ring-down spectroscopy). The first measurement is performed on ultraviolet absorption of Ag9 +. Temperature dependence of the spectrum is presented by cooling the ion trap down to 10 K.

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  1. T. Majima

    Present address: Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan

  2. C. Kasai

    Present address: Department of Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan

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  1. Cluster Research Laboratory, Toyota Technological Institute, 717-86 Futamata, Ichikawa, Chiba, 272-0001, Japan

    A. Terasaki & T. Kondow

  2. East Tokyo Laboratory, Genesis Research Institute, Inc., 717-86 Futamata, Ichikawa, Chiba, 272-0001, Japan

    T. Majima & C. Kasai

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Terasaki, A., Majima, T., Kasai, C. et al. Photon-trap spectroscopy of size-selected free cluster ions: “direct” measurement of optical absorption of Ag+ 9 . Eur. Phys. J. D 52, 43–46 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2008-00274-0

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