Ray tracing of a molecular lens with velocity map imaging

Author

Zhao, B.S. ; Chung, Henry Shu-Hung ; Cho, K.C. ; Shim, S.H. ; Lim, S.M. ; Yu, Jinpeng ; Chung, D.S. ; Ahn, Y.H. ; Sohn, J.Y. ; Kim, Dae San ; Kang, W.K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Chem., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea

fYear

2000

fDate

12-12 May 2000

Firstpage

203

Abstract

Summary form only given. We demonstrate the experimental tracing of a molecular beam passing through a cylindrical lens made of a non-resonant laser pulse. The beam of CS/sub 2/ molecules was deflected by a focused laser pulse (1064 nm, 7 ns, peak intensity I/sub 0//spl sim/10/sup 12/ W/cm/sup 2/). We probed the deflection of molecular beam directly by using the velocity map imaging technique. A resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization process was used for the detection of neutral molecules.

Keywords

carbon compounds; laser beam effects; lenses; molecular beams; optical control; optical deflectors; particle optics; radiation pressure; ray tracing; 1064 nm; 7 ns; CS/sub 2/; CS/sub 2/ molecule beam deflection; cylindrical lens; focused laser pulse; molecular lens; neutral molecule detection; non-resonant laser pulse; peak intensity; ray tracing; resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization process; velocity map imaging; velocity map imaging technique; Lenses; Ray tracing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2000. (QELS 2000). Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

1094-5695

Print_ISBN

1-55752-608-7

Type

conf

Filename

901990