Multiphoton ionization vibrational state selection of H2O+, D2O+ and HDO+

We present a study of single color (2 + 1) resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) of H2O, D2O, and HDO via several Rydberg states lying in the energy range from 80 000 to 86 000 cm−1. Photoelectron spectra (PES) show that the corresponding cations can be vibrationally state-selected for most vibrational states. The exception is the bend of H2O+ and HDO+, where mixing in the REMPI intermediate level results in weak ion intensity and only ∼50% state purity.