Published August 1, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Fragmentation of dimethyl ether in femtosecond intense field

  • 1. Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10039 (China)
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, 457 Zhongshan Road, Liaoning, Dalian 116023 (China)

Description

The fragmentation of dimethyl ether (DME) in intense femtosecond laser field has been studied at 810, 405 and 270nm with intensities up to 2.48x1015, 3.86x1015 and 1.62x1014W/cm2, respectively. At 405nm, DME is possibly firstly ionized by multiphoton absorption, and then parent ion DME+ dissociates into fragments via filed-induced dissociation. For 810 and 270nm laser fields, DME firstly dissociates into CH3O and CH3 fragments and then these neutral fragments are ionized by field tunneling. Another possible way for DME to dissociate at 810 and 270nm is that DME is ionized by intense field ejection of inner valance electron and then the excited DME+ dissociates into fragment ions. Ultrafast rearrangement of DME or DME+ in intense field may be responsible to the unpredictable fragment ions, CHO+/C2H5+andH2+

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.chemphys.2006.03.020;
PII
S0301-0104(06)00171-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chemical Physics
Journal Volume
326
Journal Issue
2-3
Journal Page Range
p. 571-576
ISSN
0301-0104
CODEN
CMPHC2

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39096722
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ABSORPTION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRONS; IONS; LASER RADIATION; METHYL ETHER; MULTI-PHOTON PROCESSES; TUNNEL EFFECT
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ETHERS; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIATIONS; SORPTION

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