Femtosecond pump-probe photoionization-photofragmentation spectroscopy: Photoionization-induced twisting and coherent vibrational motion of azobenzene cation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Ho, Jr Wei ^a   Chen, Wei Kan ^a,b   Cheng, Po Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MODE; BATH MODES; FEMTOSECOND PUMP PULSE; FEMTOSECOND PUMPS; FEMTOSECONDS; ION FORMATION; ION FRAGMENTATION; IONIC SYSTEMS; OSCILLATORY SIGNALS; PHOTOFRAGMENTATION; PROBE PULSE; PUMP-PROBE DELAYS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TIME CONSTANTS; TIME-SCALES; ULTRA-FAST DYNAMICS; VIBRATION MOTION; VIBRATIONAL MOTIONS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; POSITIVE IONS; PROBES; PUMPS;

PHOTOIONIZATION;

AZO COMPOUND; AZOBENZENE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON; KINETICS; MOTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM; VIBRATION;

ANISOTROPY; AZO COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM; VIBRATION;

EID: 70350458881     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3236813     Document Type: Article

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