Formation of hydrocarbon species and carbon clusters through femtosecond laser ablation of cryogenic solidified methane

Title Formation of hydrocarbon species and carbon clusters through femtosecond laser ablation of cryogenic solidified methane
Author
Reza Karimi
Asif Zaidi
Yiming Cai
Mojtaba Hajialamdari
Joseph Sanderson
Walter Duley
Abstract

Femtosecond laser ablation of cryogenically solidified CH4 using a peak intensity 8×1014 W/cm2 at 800 nm has been studied using time of flight mass spectroscopy. Spectra show the presence of hydrocarbon species with molecular mass higher than the original target molecule.
Year of Publication
2015
Journal
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume
635
Issue
10
Number of Pages
102017
Date Published
2015/8/1
URL
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/635/10/102017/meta
DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/635/10/102017
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