A two-color tunable infrared/vacuum ultraviolet spectrometer for high-resolution spectroscopy of molecules in molecular beams

Journal Article · Sun Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2012 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3673639· OSTI ID:22066283

Woodward, Jonathan R; Watanabe, Hirokazu; Ishiuchi, Shun-Ichi; Fujii, Masaaki ^[1]

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1. Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama (Japan)

We describe here the key technical elements of a two-color tunable IR/VUV photoionization TOF mass spectrometer system which allows a wide-range of high-resolution experiments to be performed on a diverse range of cold molecules and clusters in a molecular beam. In particular we highlight the methods we have applied to provide efficient wavelength separation of the VUV radiation from the longer wavelength components used to generate it and discuss a number of systems that we have studied with the instrument which highlight its flexibility for use in the study of molecular spectroscopy.

• OSTI ID: 22066283
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 83, Issue 1; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
COLOR
FAR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
INFRARED SPECTROMETERS
MOLECULAR BEAMS
MOLECULES
PHOTOIONIZATION
RESOLUTION
TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS
ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS