Ultrafast Molecular Imaging

Presentations

• Ultrafast time-resolved coincidence momentum imaging of molecular photoionization processes using tabletop extreme ultraviolet pulses

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 2:00 PM – June 2, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Daniel Slaughter

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Daniel Slaughter

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Sigrid Madzunkova

  • Marnik Metting van Rijn

  • Thorsten Weber

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Moniruzzaman Shaikh

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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• Laser induced fluorine elimination from CF₃⁺.

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 2:12 PM – June 2, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Nirmallya Das

    • Kansas State University

  Authors

  • Nirmallya Das

    • Kansas State University

  • Naoki Iwamoto

    • Kansas State University

  • Itzik Ben-Itzhak

    • J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Physics, Kansas State University

  • Eric Wells

    • Augustana University

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• Strong-field photofragmentation of methanol leading to H₃⁺ formation

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 2:24 PM – June 2, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Publication: [1] Ekanayake, N., Severt, T., Nairat, M. et al. H2 roaming chemistry and the formation of H3+ from organic molecules in strong laser fields. Nat Commun 9, 5186 (2018).
  [2] Ekanayake, N., Nairat, M., Kaderiya, B. et al. Mechanisms and time-resolved dynamics for trihydrogen cation (H3+) formation from organic molecules in strong laser fields. Sci Rep 7, 4703 (2017).
  [3] J. Stamm, S. S. Priyadarsini, S. Sandhu, A. Chakraborty, J. Shen, S. Kwon, J. Sandhu, C. Wicka, A. Mehmood, B. G. Levine, P. Piecuch, M. Dantus, "Factors governing H3+ formation from methyl halogens and pseudohalogens,", Net. Commun. 16, 410 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Naoki Iwamoto

    • Kansas State University

  Authors

  • Naoki Iwamoto

    • Kansas State University

  • Nirmallya Das

    • Kansas State University

  • Marcos Dantus

    • Michigan State University

  • Itzik Ben-Itzhak

    • J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Physics, Kansas State University

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• Time-resolved imaging of excitation, ionization and dissociation of iodomethane by femtosecond 400 nm pulses.

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 2:36 PM – June 2, 2026, 2:48 PM

  Presenters

  • FNU SHALAUDDIN

    • Kansas State University

  Authors

  • FNU SHALAUDDIN

    • Kansas State University

  • Avijit Duley

  • Huynh Lam

  • Anbu Venkatachalam

  • Daniel Rolles

  • Artem Rudenko

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• Time-resolved Coulomb explosion imaging of photodissociation mechanisms in C₂X₄I₂.

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 2:48 PM – June 2, 2026, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Jonathan Tsao

    • University of California, Davis

  Authors

  • Jonathan Tsao

    • University of California, Davis

  • Logan Brenner

    • University of California, Davis

  • Michael Burt

  • Ian Gabalski

    • University of California, Davis

  • Tatsuo Gejo

  • James Harries

  • Andy Howard

  • Yoshiaki Kumagai

  • Kiyonobu Nagaya

  • Tiffany Walmsley

  • Felix Allum

    • Stanford University

  • Ruaridh Forbes

    • University of California, Davis

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• Imaging correlated nuclear motion mediated by passage through a conical intersection

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 3:00 PM – June 2, 2026, 3:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Tu Nguyen

    • Kansas State University

  Authors

  • Tu Nguyen

    • Kansas State University

  • Smita Ganguly

    • Kansas State University

  • Sajed Zavareh

  • Sanduni Kudagama

    • Kansas State University

  • Avijit Duley

    • Kansas State University

  • Anbu Venkatachalam

    • Kansas State University

  • Huynh Van Sa Lam

    • Kansas State University

  • Vinod Kumarappan

    • Kansas State University

  • Artem Rudenko

    • Kansas State University

  • Daniel Rolles

    • Kansas State University

  • Ruaridh Forbes

    • University of California, Davis

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• Disentangling ultraviolet-induced dissociation pathways of 1,2-dichloroethylene using time-resolved Coulomb explosion imaging

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 3:12 PM – June 2, 2026, 3:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Avijit Duley

    • Kansas State University

  Authors

  • Avijit Duley

    • Kansas State University

  • Joesh McManus

  • Huynh Van Sa Lam

    • Kansas State University

  • Anbu Venkatachalam

    • Kansas State University

  • Keyu Chen

    • Kansas State University

  • FNU SHALAUDDIN

    • Kansas State University

  • Tu Nguyen

    • Kansas State University

  • Sanduni Kudagama

    • Kansas State University

  • Surjendu Bhattcharyya

  • Artem Rudenko

  • Mark Brouard

    • University of Oxford

  • Daniel Rolles

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• The Photoinduced Ring-Closing Reaction of Cyclopentadiene and its Methylated Derivatives studied via Ultrafast Electron Diffraction

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 3:24 PM – June 2, 2026, 3:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Jackson Lederer

    • University of Nebraska - Lincoln

  Authors

  • Jackson Lederer

    • University of Nebraska - Lincoln

  • Cuong Le

    • University of Nebraska - Lincoln

  • Lauren Bertram

  • SURJENDU BHATTACHARYYA

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Sebastien Boutet

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Xinxin Cheng

  • Stuart Crane

  • Robert England

  • Martin Graßl

    • Stanford University

  • Lauren Heald

  • Lisa Huang

  • Fuhao Ji

  • Patrick Kramer

  • Huynh Van Sa Lam

    • Kansas State University

  • Kirk Larsen

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Ming-Fu Lin

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Yusong Liu

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Kenneth Lopata

    • Louisiana State University

  • Mike Minitti

  • Sri Bhavya Muvva

  • J. Pedro F. Nunes

  • Zane Phelps

    • Kansas State University

  • Sharon Santhamma Philip

  • Krishna Khakurel

  • Alexander Reid

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Daniel Rolles

    • Kansas State University

  • Artem Rudenko

    • Kansas State University

  • Sajib Kumar Saha

    • Kansas State University

  • John Searles

    • Kansas State University

  • Xiaozhe Shen

  • Jiayue Wang

  • Stephen Weathersby

  • Peter Weber

    • Brown University

  • Thomas J. A. Wolf

  • Yanwei Xiong

  • Tianzhe Xu

  • Jie Yang

  • Longteng Yun

  • Haoran Zhao

  • Adam Kirrander

  • Martin Centurion

    • University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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• Ultrafast structural dynamics in the photodissociation of iodobenzene captured with ultrafast electron diffraction and a genetic algorithm

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 3:36 PM – June 2, 2026, 3:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Cuong Le

    • University of Nebraska - Lincoln

  Authors

  • Cuong Le

    • University of Nebraska - Lincoln

  • Mehmood Saad

  • Yanwei Xiong

  • Haoran Zhao

  • Sri Bhavya Muvva

  • Sajib Kumar Saha

    • Kansas State University

  • Lauren Heald

  • Jackson Lederer

    • University of Nebraska - Lincoln

  • T. Madhu Trivikram

  • Loren Greenman

    • Kansas State University

  • Daniel Slaughter

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Martin Centurion

    • University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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• Strong-field Herman-Kluk propagator method for photoelectron momentum distribution of molecules in few-cycle intense laser pulses

  Oral

  June 2, 2026, 3:48 PM – June 2, 2026, 4:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Anh-Thu Le

    • University of Connecticut

  Authors

  • Anh-Thu Le

    • University of Connecticut

  • Phi-Hung Tran

    • University of Connecticut

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