Femtosecond Time-Resolved Photoelectron Imaging

Synopsis:

An anion is electronically excited by a pump pulse, an electron is detached by a probe pulse after a time delay, and the kinetic energy of the electron is determined by imaging on a phosphor screen.

Molecules studied:

Small anions and anionic clusters.

Information obtained:

Femtosecond dynamics of the anion excited state.

Project members:

Graham Griffin

Maggie Yandell

Ryan Young

Recent publications:

♦ "Charge carrier dynamics in semiconducting mercury cluster anions" R. M. Young, G. B. Griffin, O. T. Ehrler, A. Kammarath, A. E. Bragg, J. R. R. Verlet, O. Cheshnovsky and D. M. Neumark, Phys. Scr. 80, 048102 (2009). pdf

♦ "Auger recombination and excited state relaxation dynamics in Hg_n^- (n=9-20) anion clusters" G. B. Griffin, O. T. Ehrler, A. Kammarath, R. M. Young, O. Cheshnovsky and D. M. Neumark, J. Chem. Phys. 130, 231103 (2009). pdf

♦ "Photoinduced electron transfer and solvation in iodide-doped acetonitrile clusters" O. T. Ehrler, G. B. Griffin, R. M. Young, and D. M. Neumark, J. Phys. Chem. B 113, 4031 (2009). pdf