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Intense-Field Ionization of Monoaromatic Hydrocarbons using Radiation Pulses of Ultrashort Duration: Monohalobenzenes and Azabenzenes
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- Scarborough, T.
- Strohaber, J.
- Foote, D.
- McAcy, C.
Abstract
Using 50-fs, 800-nm pulses, we study the intense-field ionization and fragmentation of the monohalobenzenes C_(6)H_(5)-X (X=F, Cl, Br, I) and of the heterocyclics azabenzene C5H5N (pyridine) and the three diazabenzenes C_(4)H_(4)N_(2) (pyridazine, pyrimidine, and pyrazine). Avoiding focal intensity averaging we find indications of resonance-enhanced MPI. In the monohalobenzenes the propensity for fragmentation increases for increasing Z: fluorobenzene yields predominantly C6H5Fn+, while iodobenzene yields atomic ions with charges up to I^(8+). We ascribe this to the heavy-atom effect: the large charge of the heavy halogens' nuclei induces ultrafast intersystem crossing to dissociative triplet states.
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