• Michael Burt
  • Rebecca Boll
  • Jason W. L. Lee
  • Kasra Amini
  • Hansjochen Kockert
  • Claire Vallance
  • Alexander S. Gentleman
  • Stuart R. Mackenzie
  • Sadia Bari
  • Cedric Bomme
  • Stefan Duesterer
  • Benjamin Erk
  • Bastian Manschwetus
  • Erland Mueller
  • Dimitrios Rompotis
  • Evgeny Savelyev
  • Nora Schirmel
  • Simone Techert
  • Rolf Treusch
  • Jochen Kuepper
  • Sebastian Trippel
  • Joss Wiese
  • Henrik Stapelfeldt
  • Barbara Cunha de Miranda
  • Renaud Guillemin
  • Iyas Ismail
  • Loic Journel
  • Tatiana Marchenko
  • Jerome Palaudoux
  • Francis Penent
  • Maria Novella Piancastelli
  • Marc Simon
  • Oksana Travnikova
  • Felix Brausse
  • Gildas Goldsztejn
  • Arnaud Rouzee
  • Marie Geleoc
  • Romain Geneaux
  • Thierry Ruchon
  • Jonathan Underwood
  • David M. P. Holland
  • Per Johnsson
  • Sylvain Maclot
  • Jan Lahl
  • Artem Rudenko
  • Farzaneh Ziaee
  • Mark Brouard
  • Daniel Rolles

The dynamics following laser-induced molecular photodissociation of gas-phase CH2BrI at 271.6 nm were investigated by time-resolved Coulomb-explosion imaging using intense near-IR femtosecond laser pulses. The observed delay-dependent photofragment momenta reveal that CH2BrI undergoes C-I cleavage, depositing 65.6% of the available energy into internal product states, and that absorption of a second UV photon breaks the C-Br bond of C(H)2Br. Simulations confirm that this mechanism is consistent with previous data recorded at 248 nm, demonstrating the sensitivity of Coulomb-explosion imaging as a real-time probe of chemical dynamics.

Original languageEnglish
Article number043415
Number of pages8
JournalPhysical Review A
Volume96
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Oct 2017

    Research areas

  • LASER-FIELD, 193 NM, CHLOROIODOMETHANE, PHOTOELECTRON, ULTRAVIOLET, IONIZATION, MOLECULES, PULSES, CH2ICL, CH3I

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