Pump-probe spectroscopy of ultrafast structural relaxation of electronically excited rare gas heteroclusters

Andreas Heidenreich*, Joshua Jortner

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Abstract

We advance an approach for the study of multistate dynamics of low Rydberg excitations in XeArN/Xe*(3P1)ArN/ Xe+ArN clusters on the time scale of nuclear motion, as explored by pump-probe neutral-to excited-to positive ion (NEEXPO) femtosecond spectroscopy. The dynamics of the Xe*ArN (N = 54) cluster induced by charge expansion inferred from the calculation of NEEXPO signals at different probe energies, manifests the lifetime τ1 ≃ 100 fs for the initial formation of the 'bubble', an intracluster vibrational energy redistribution (IVR) lifetime τI/e ≃ 5.0 ps and an IVR completion time τc ≃ 8-10 ps, which corresponds to the bubble equilibration.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)187-197
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
Volume106
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2000

Funding

FundersFunder number
Volkswagen Foundation
Tel Aviv University

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