In:
Review of Scientific Instruments, AIP Publishing, Vol. 91, No. 3 ( 2020-03-01)
Kurzfassung:
This paper describes an experimental technique for studying neutral metal complexes using infrared + vacuum ultraviolet (IR+VUV) two-color ionization spectroscopy based on a tunable VUV free-electron laser (VUV-FEL). The preliminary IR spectroscopy results of mass-selected nickel tetracarbonyl are reported in this work. The results demonstrate that the tunable VUV-FEL light allows the selective ionization of a given neutral cluster free of confinement along with the recording of well-resolved IR spectra. As the ionization energies of many neutral clusters are accessible by a broadly tunable VUV-FEL (50–150 nm) and near-threshold ionization can be readily achieved, the proposed experimental method offers unique possibilities for the size-specific study of a wide variety of confinement-free neutral clusters.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0034-6748
,
1089-7623
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
AIP Publishing
Publikationsdatum:
2020
ZDB Id:
209865-9
ZDB Id:
1472905-2
SSG:
11