https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050199
Resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) and REMPI-photoelectron spectroscopy of ammonia
1
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
2
Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127,
1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Corresponding author: a delange@fys.chem.uva.nl
Received:
28
January
1998
Revised:
3
April
1998
Accepted:
15
April
1998
Published online: 15 November 1998
Resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) spectroscopy, preferably linked with kinetic energy analysis of the resulting photoelectrons (REMPI-photoelectron spectroscopy (PES)), continues to make enormous contributions to our understanding of the spectroscopy and, in many cases, the decay dynamics of small molecules in excited (normally Rydberg) electronic states. Here we present results of recent REMPI and REMPI-PES studies involving the ammonia molecule which provide further illustration of some of the many opportunities offered by these techniques.
PACS: 33.60.-q – Photoelectron spectra / 33.80.Rv – Multiphoton ionization and excitation to highly excited states (e.g., Rydberg states) / 34.50.Gb – Electronic excitation and ionization of molecules; intermediate molecular states (including lifetimes, state mixing, etc.)
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 1998
