Ejection of triatomic molecular ion H3+ from methyl chloride in an intense femtosecond laser field

  • Shengzhi Sun
  • , Yan Yang
  • , Jian Zhang
  • , Hua Wu
  • , Yuting Chen
  • , Shian Zhang
  • , Tianqing Jia
  • , Zugeng Wang
  • , Zhenrong Sun*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Ejection of H3+ and 35Cl+ from CH3Cl molecule is investigated and the Coulomb explosion channels are confirmed by their kinetic energy release and angular distributions. The fragment anisotropy of H3+ ejection can be attributed to the dynamic alignment of CH 335Cl2+ induced by femtosecond laser field, the non-zero H3+ ejection angle with respect to the a-axis of CH3 35Cl2+ and the remarkable overall rotation of the precursor species [CCl+.H3+]. Lifetimes and geometries of precursor species [CCl+.H3+] at different laser intensities are investigated. Competition between Coulomb explosion channels with H3+ and 35Cl + ejection is also discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)16-20
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume581
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Aug 2013

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