Production of Metastable CO3+ through the Strong-Field Ionization and Coulomb Explosion of Formic Acid Dimer
arxiv(2022)
摘要
Femtosecond laser pulses are utilized to drive multiple ionization of formic acid dimers and the resulting ions are studied using time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The interaction of formic acid dimer with 200 fs linearly polarized laser pulses of 400 nm with intensities of up to 3.7 x 1015 W/cm2 produces a metastable carbon monoxide trication. Experimental kinetic energy release (KER) measurements of the ions are consistent with molecular dynamics simulations of the Coulomb explosion of a formic acid dimer and suggest that no significant movement occurs during ionization. KER values were recorded as high as 44 eV for CO3+, in agreement with results from a classical Molecular Dynamics simulation of fully ionized formic acid dimers. Potential energy curves for CO3+ are calculated using the multireference configuration interaction (MRCI+Q) method to confirm the existence of an excited metastable 2 sigma state with a significant potential barrier with respect to dissociation. This combined experimental and theoretical effort reveals the existence of metastable CO(3+ )through direct observation for the first time.
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formic acid dimer,coulomb explosion,co3+,ionization,strong-field
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