Ion and Neutral Dynamics of Ceramic Materials Formation and Atmospheric

Abstract

An ultrafast x-ray laser system and experimental apparatus have been fully constructed, calibrated and characterized. A titanium sapphire ultrafast laser is tightly focused into a rare gas jet, where high harmonics of the laser are created. A single harmonic can be isolated with a grazing incidence grating and focused on to a gaseous sample to induce photoionization. Ejected electrons are energy analyzed using a magnetic bottle time-of-flight spectrometer. Harmonics up to the 65% have been generated and photoelectron spectra of helium, krypton xenon, nitrogen and nitric oxide have been examined. The energy bandwidth has been experimentally determined, and the first time resolved photoelectron spectra of dissociating states of bromine have been achieved. Femtosecond x ray laser, X ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Harmonic generation, Photoionization, Energy bandwidths

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 27, 2000
Accession Number
ADA384748

Entities

People

  • Stephen R. Leone
  • Veronica M. Bierbaum

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ceramic Materials
  • Chemistry
  • Dissociation
  • Electron Energy
  • Electrons
  • Ionization
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Photoelectron Spectra
  • Photoelectrons
  • Soft X Rays
  • Spectra
  • Wave Mixing
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics