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Femtosecond Photodissociation Dynamics by Velocity Map Imaging. The Methyl Iodide Case

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Ultrafast Phenomena in Molecular Sciences

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Chemical Physics ((CHEMICAL,volume 107))

Abstract

The introduction of time-resolved measurements in the femtosecond time-scale using velocity map imaging techniques of charged particles (ions and photoelectrons) in combination with resonant multiphoton ionization of the fragments for the study of the photodissociation dynamics of small polyatomic molecules is reviewed. A typical experiment consists of the measurement of a sequence of images, whose analysis requires in most cases sophisticated multidimensional fitting methods to extract all the relevant time-resolved information contained in the images. In particular, the application of these techniques to the study of the direct photodissociation (A band) and electronic predissociation (B band) of methyl iodide along with the detection and characterization of transient species and the study of cluster dissociation, as a case example for femtosecond velocity map imaging, are presented and discussed.

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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the contributions to the experimental and theoretical work presented in this chapter by J.G. Izquierdo, J. Durá, G.A. Amaral, J. González-Vázquez, G. Gitzinger, M.E. Corrales, G. Balerdi and A. García-Vela. This work has been financed by the Spanish MICINN and MINECO through Grants No. CTQ2008-02578, CTQ2012-37404-C02-01, the Consolider program “Science and Applications of Ultrafast Ultraintense Lasers”, Grant No. CSD2007-00013, and by the European Union ITN network “Ultrafast control of quantum systems by strong laser fields-FASTQUAST” (Grant No. PITN-GA- 2008-214962). This research has been performed within the Unidad Asociada “Química Física Molecular” between Departamento de Química Física of UCM and CSIC. The facilities provided by the Centro de Láseres Ultrarrápidos (UCM) are gratefully acknowledged.

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    Luis Rubio-Lago, Vincent Loriot & Luis Bañares

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de Nalda, R., Rubio-Lago, L., Loriot, V., Bañares, L. (2014). Femtosecond Photodissociation Dynamics by Velocity Map Imaging. The Methyl Iodide Case. In: de Nalda, R., Bañares, L. (eds) Ultrafast Phenomena in Molecular Sciences. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 107. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02051-8_4

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