ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Ethylene clusters (C2H4)n are generated in a supersonic expansion with He and size selected by scattering from a helium beam. The clusters are dissociated upon absorption of a photon from a pulsed CO2 laser by exciting the ν7 mode of the monomer. During the collision about 30 meV of internal energy is transferred to the cluster so that the laser photons interact with internally hot clusters. The frequency and fluence dependences of the photodissociation cross sections are measured for (C2H4)n with n=2,3,4,5, and 6. Nearly all spectra exhibit structure which is most pronounced for the dimer. The overall width (FWHM) decreases from 31.2 cm−1 for the dimer to 12.2 cm−1 for the hexamer, while the maximum position is nearly the same (951.6 cm−1). The structure of the dimer spectrum is attributed to hot bands. The large linewidth corresponds to a short lifetime in the ps range.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.453456
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