%0 Figure %A Rouzée, A %A F Tavella %A H Redlin %A S Düsterer %A Y Huismans %A W Siu %A A Hundertmark %A L Rading %A P Johnsson %A N Stojanovic %D 2013 %T A schematic of the experimental setup showing the two optical paths that can be chosen with the flip mirror (FP): (1) optical pulses cross the FEL pulse with a 10° angle at the centre of the VMI; (2) optical pulses propagate collinearly with the FEL pulse (see the text) %U https://iop.figshare.com/articles/figure/_A_schematic_of_the_experimental_setup_showing_the_two_optical_paths_that_can_be_chosen_with_the_fli/1012487 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.1012487.v1 %2 https://iop.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/1480309 %K xuv %K shg %K mf %K fp %K vmi %K Br 2 molecules %K dl %K dm %K MFPAD %K hm %K Coulomb explosion imaging %K mfs %K cei %K pad %K wp %K Br 2 sample %K dissociation dynamics %K Free Electron LASer %K CO 2 molecules %K flash %K velocity map imaging spectrometer %K pv %K FEL pulse %K Atomic Physics %K Molecular Physics %X

Figure 1. A schematic of the experimental setup showing the two optical paths that can be chosen with the flip mirror (FP): (1) optical pulses cross the FEL pulse with a 10° angle at the centre of the VMI; (2) optical pulses propagate collinearly with the FEL pulse (see the text). DM: dichroic mirror; SHG: second harmonic generation; WP: waveplate; DL: delay line; L: lens; FP: flip mirror; MFS: multilayer focusing mirror; HM: mirror with central hole; PV: pulsed valve.

Abstract

The dissociation dynamics induced by a 100 fs, 400 nm laser pulse in a rotationally cold Br2 sample was characterized by Coulomb explosion imaging (CEI) using a time-delayed extreme ultra-violet (XUV) FEL pulse, obtained from the Free electron LASer in Hamburg (FLASH). The momentum distribution of atomic fragments resulting from the 400 nm-induced dissociation was measured with a velocity map imaging spectrometer and used to monitor the internuclear distance as the molecule dissociated. By employing the simultaneously recorded in-house timing electro-optical sampling data, the time resolution of the final results could be improved to 300 fs, compared to the inherent 500 fs time-jitter of the FEL pulse. Before dissociation, the Br2 molecules were transiently 'fixed in space' using laser-induced alignment. In addition, similar alignment techniques were used on CO2 molecules to allow the measurement of the photoelectron angular distribution (PAD) directly in the molecular frame (MF). Our results on MFPADs in aligned CO2 molecules, together with our investigation of the dissociation dynamics of the Br2 molecules with CEI, show that information about the evolving molecular structure and electronic geometry can be retrieved from such experiments, therefore paving the way towards the study of complex non-adiabatic dynamics in molecules through XUV time-resolved photoion and photoelectron spectroscopy.

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