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Effect of laser pulse width on ionization efficiency in supersonic beam-multiphoton ionization-mass spectrometry
1Department of Chemical Systems and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
Abstract:
The efficiency in multiphoton ionization is calculated for various molecules with different lifetimes, based on a kinetic model using rate equations. The results are strongly dependent on the types of resonance ionization, i.e., ionization through congested intermediate levels or ionization through a discrete intermediate level. In the former case, a laser pulse shorter than the lifetime is always preferred for efficient ionization. In the latter case, a 10-ps laser pulse provides the maximum ionization efficiency for a molecule with a lifetime in excess of 10 ps. For a molecule having a lifetime shorter than 10 ps, the use of a laser whose pulse width is adjusted to the same value as the lifetime is suggested. The results obtained by a computer simulation are in reasonably good agreement with the experimental data obtained for monohalogenated benzenes.
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