The effect of the argon carrier gas in the multiphoton dissociation-ionization of tetracene.
The multiphoton dissociation-ionization of tetracene at 355 nm using 6.5 nanosecond laser pulses, with and without argon as a carrier gas (CG), has been studied and compared. Ion fragments were analyzed in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer and separated according to their mass-to-charge ratio (m/z). The results show that the dynamic of photodissociation at approximately 10(10) W cm(-2) intensities is strongly influenced by the CG. The suppression of fragmentation channels primarily those relating to the formation of the CH(m) (+) (m = 2, 4), C(2)H(4) (+) and C(5)H(4) (+2) ions. CH(5) (+) and CH(6) (+) were observed which have not been reported before in photodissociation tetracene experiments.
Poveda
Juan Carlos
JC
Laboratorio de Colisiones Atómicas Moleculares, Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad Colonia Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos C.P. 62210, México.
San Román
Alejandro
A
Laboratorio de Colisiones Atómicas Moleculares, Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad Colonia Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos C.P. 62210, México.
Guerrero
Alfonso
A
Laboratorio de Colisiones Atómicas Moleculares, Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad Colonia Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos C.P. 62210, México.
Álvarez
Ignacio
I
Laboratorio de Colisiones Atómicas Moleculares, Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad Colonia Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos C.P. 62210, México.
Cisneros
Carmen
C
Laboratorio de Colisiones Atómicas Moleculares, Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad Colonia Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos C.P. 62210, México.