Momentum Spectroscopy for Multiple Ionization of Cold Rubidium in the Elliptically Polarized Laser Field

Employing recently developed magneto-optical trap recoil ion momentum spectroscopy(MOTRIMS) combined with cold atoms,strong laser pulse,and ultrafast technologies,we study momentum distributions of the multiply ionized cold rubidium(Rb) induced by the elliptically polarized laser pulses(35 fs,1.3×10¹⁵ W/cm²).The complete vector momenta of Rbⁿ⁺ ions up to charge state n=4 are recorded with extremely high resolution(0.12 a.u.for Rb⁺).Variations of charac...     

Dissociative ionization cross sections of CO2 at electron impact energy of 5 keV

The dissociative ionization of CO2 induced by 5 keV electrons in two-body and three-body dissociative channels of CO2＋2 and CO3＋2 is identified by the ion-ion coincidence- method using a momentum imaging spectrometer. The partial ionization cross sections （PICSs） of different ionic fragments are measured and the results generally agree with the calculations made by a semi-empirical approach. Furthermore, the PICSs of the dissociative channels are also obtained by carefully considering the detection efficiency of the micro-channel plates and the total transmission efficiency of the time of flight system.     

Geometric structure of N2Oq+ (q = 5, 6) studied by Ne8+ ion-induced Coulomb explosion imaging

We report the study on the complete three-body Coulomb explosion (CE) of N₂O^q+ (q = 5, 6) induced by 56-keV/u Ne⁸⁺ ion collision with N₂O gaseous molecule. Six CE channels for N₂O⁵⁺ and seven for N₂O⁶⁺ are identified by measuring three ionic fragments and the charge-changed projectile in quadruple coincidence. Correspondingly the kinetic energy release (KER) and momentum correlation angle (MCA) distributions of three ionic fragments for each of the CE channels are also deduced. Numerical computation is presented to reconstruct the geometric structure of N₂O^q+ prior to dissociation based on the measured KER and MCA. The N-N and N-O bond lengths and the N-N-O bond angles of N₂O^q+ for each of the channels are determined.