Femto

In the Suits Group femtolab, we are implementing strong field ionization-induced Coulomb explosion of small molecules using a Wyvern 1000 (KM Labs) providing 3 mJ/pulse output with femtosecond temporal width. In this lab, we use the 3D (tie and position) multimass coincidence detection method developed by the Wen Li group. Using this method we are able to reconstruct the three dimensional ion distribution by matching ion events obtained from a photomultiplier tube (PMT) connected to a high speed digitizer and a fast-frame CMOS camera. 

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S. Tahereh Alavi, Graham A. Cooper and Arthur G. Suits* “Coulomb Explosion Dynamics of Methoxycarbonylsulfenyl Chloride by 3D Multimass Imaging,” Mol. Phys. (2021) DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2021.1988170

G. A. Cooper, S. T. Alavi, W. Li, S.-K. Lee, and A. G. Suits, “Coulomb Explosion Dynamics of Chlorocarbonylsulfenyl Chloride,” J. Phys. Chem. A. (2021) 125, 5481- 5489 (C. Y. Ng Festschrift). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c02332

James O. F. Thompson, S. Tahereh Alavi, Justin R. Walensky and Arthur G. Suits, “Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry with Direct Extraction of a Uranium Plasma,” Int. J. Mass Spec. (2019) 445, 116190. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2019.116190