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Ultrafast Time-Resolved Soft X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Dissociating Br2

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Author(s)

L Nugent-Glandorf, M Scheer, D A. Samuels, A M. Mulhisen, E R. Grant, X Yang, V M. Bierbaum, S R. Leone

Abstract

The dissociation of excited state Br2 is probed with the novel technique of ultrafast soft x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Excited Br2 molecules are prepared in the dissociative 1IIu state with 80 fs 400 nm pulses, and a series of photoelectron spectra are obtained during dissociation with pulses of soft x-ray light (47 nm, 26.4 eV, 250 fs). The formation of Br atoms is readily detected and the data support a dissociation time for Br2 on the order of 40 fs. Amplitudes of the pump-probe features reveal that the ionization cross-section of atomic Br at 47 nm is nearly equal to} 40 times larger than that of Br2.
Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
87
Issue
No. 19

Keywords

bromine, photoelectron spectroscopy, ultrafast

Citation

Nugent-Glandorf, L. , Scheer, M. , Samuels, D. , Mulhisen, A. , Grant, E. , Yang, X. , Bierbaum, V. and Leone, S. (2001), Ultrafast Time-Resolved Soft X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Dissociating Br<sub>2</sub>, Physical Review Letters (Accessed December 2, 2024)

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Created October 31, 2001, Updated October 12, 2021