X-ray Pump–Probe Investigation of Charge and Dissociation Dynamics in Methyl Iodine Molecule
Abstract
Molecular dynamics is of fundamental interest in natural science research. The capability of investigating molecular dynamics is one of the various motivations for ultrafast optics. Here, we present our investigation of photoionization and nuclear dynamics in methyl iodine (CH3I) molecule with an X-ray pump X-ray probe scheme. The pump–probe experiment was realized with a two-mirror X-ray split and delay apparatus. Time-of-flight mass spectra at various pump–probe delay times were recorded to obtain the time profile for the creation of high charge states via sequential ionization and for molecular dissociation. We observed high charge states of atomic iodine up to 29+, and visualized the evolution of creating these high atomic ion charge states, including their population suppression and enhancement as the arrival time of the second X-ray pulse was varied. We also show the evolution of the kinetics of the high charge states upon the timing of their creation during the ionization-dissociation coupled dynamics. We demonstrate the implementation of X-ray pump–probe methodology for investigating X-ray induced molecular dynamics with femtosecond temporal resolution. The results indicate the footprints of ionization that lead to high charge states, probing the long-range potential curves of the high charge states.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Center for High Energy Density Science
- Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Univ. of Turku, Turku (Finland)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1430132
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0002004; SC0012376; AC02-76SF00515; NA0002008
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Sciences
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2076-3417
- Publisher:
- MDPI
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; free electron laser; X-ray pump–probe; molecular dynamics; charge dynamics
Citation Formats
Fang, Li, Xiong, Hui, Kukk, Edwin, and Berrah, Nora. X-ray Pump–Probe Investigation of Charge and Dissociation Dynamics in Methyl Iodine Molecule. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.3390/app7050529.
Fang, Li, Xiong, Hui, Kukk, Edwin, & Berrah, Nora. X-ray Pump–Probe Investigation of Charge and Dissociation Dynamics in Methyl Iodine Molecule. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/app7050529
Fang, Li, Xiong, Hui, Kukk, Edwin, and Berrah, Nora. Fri .
"X-ray Pump–Probe Investigation of Charge and Dissociation Dynamics in Methyl Iodine Molecule". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/app7050529. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1430132.
@article{osti_1430132,
title = {X-ray Pump–Probe Investigation of Charge and Dissociation Dynamics in Methyl Iodine Molecule},
author = {Fang, Li and Xiong, Hui and Kukk, Edwin and Berrah, Nora},
abstractNote = {Molecular dynamics is of fundamental interest in natural science research. The capability of investigating molecular dynamics is one of the various motivations for ultrafast optics. Here, we present our investigation of photoionization and nuclear dynamics in methyl iodine (CH3I) molecule with an X-ray pump X-ray probe scheme. The pump–probe experiment was realized with a two-mirror X-ray split and delay apparatus. Time-of-flight mass spectra at various pump–probe delay times were recorded to obtain the time profile for the creation of high charge states via sequential ionization and for molecular dissociation. We observed high charge states of atomic iodine up to 29+, and visualized the evolution of creating these high atomic ion charge states, including their population suppression and enhancement as the arrival time of the second X-ray pulse was varied. We also show the evolution of the kinetics of the high charge states upon the timing of their creation during the ionization-dissociation coupled dynamics. We demonstrate the implementation of X-ray pump–probe methodology for investigating X-ray induced molecular dynamics with femtosecond temporal resolution. The results indicate the footprints of ionization that lead to high charge states, probing the long-range potential curves of the high charge states.},
doi = {10.3390/app7050529},
journal = {Applied Sciences},
number = 5,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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