Branching Ratios from Single Ionization of CS<sup>+</sup> by Intense Laser Pulses

ORAL

Abstract

Employing a coincidence three-dimensional momentum imaging technique, we investigate the ultrafast, intense laser-induced ionization of CS+.  The analysis presented here focuses on the intensity-dependent branching ratio from 3×1014  to 3×1016 W/cm2.  The charge-symmetric C+ + S+ channel is dominant at all measured intensities, followed by CS2+ and then C + S2+, while C2+ + S is not observed.  The branching ratio measurement is assisted by in situ determination of the detection efficiency of all the product channels.

*Augustana University personnel are supported by NSF grant PHYS-2011864. J.R. Macdonald Laboratory personnel and equipment are supported by U.S. Department of Energy grant #DE-FG02-86ER13491.

Presenters

  • Tiana A Townsend

    • Augustana University

Authors

  • Tiana A Townsend

    • Augustana University
  • Eric Wells

    • Augustana University
  • Bethany C Jochim

    • Kansas State University
  • Travis Severt

    • Kansas State University
    • J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
  • Kelsie Betsch

    • Kansas State University
  • M. Zohrabi

    • Kansas State University
  • Benjamin Berry

    • Kansas State University
  • Adam Summers

    • ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences
  • Kevin D Carnes

    • Kansas State University
  • Itzik Ben-Itzhak

    • Kansas State University
    • J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506