scholarly journals Controlling H3+ Formation From Ethane Using Shaped Ultrafast Laser Pulses

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiana Townsend ◽  
Charles J. Schwartz ◽  
Bethany Jochim ◽  
Kanaka Raju P. ◽  
T. Severt ◽  
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An adaptive learning algorithm coupled with 3D momentum-based feedback is used to identify intense laser pulse shapes that control H3+ formation from ethane. Specifically, we controlled the ratio of D2H+ to D3+ produced from the D3C-CH3 isotopologue of ethane, which selects between trihydrogen cations formed from atoms on one or both sides of ethane. We are able to modify the D2H+:D3+ ratio by a factor of up to three. In addition, two-dimensional scans of linear chirp and third-order dispersion are conducted for a few fourth-order dispersion values while the D2H+ and D3+ production rates are monitored. The optimized pulse is observed to influence the yield, kinetic energy release, and angular distribution of the D2H+ ions while the D3+ ion dynamics remain relatively stable. We subsequently conducted COLTRIMS experiments on C2D6 to complement the velocity map imaging data obtained during the control experiments and measured the branching ratio of two-body double ionization. Two-body D3+ + C2D3+ is the dominant final channel containing D3+ ions, although the three-body D + D3+ + C2D2+ final state is also observed.

Nanophotonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elmina Kabouraki ◽  
Vasileia Melissinaki ◽  
Amit Yadav ◽  
Andrius Melninkaitis ◽  
Konstantina Tourlouki ◽  
...  

Abstract Optics manufacturing technology is predicted to play a major role in the future production of integrated photonic circuits. One of the major drawbacks in the realization of photonic circuits is the damage of optical materials by intense laser pulses. Here, we report on the preparation of a series of organic–inorganic hybrid photoresists that exhibit enhanced laser-induced damage threshold. These photoresists showed to be candidates for the fabrication of micro-optical elements (MOEs) using three-dimensional multiphoton lithography. Moreover, they demonstrate pattern ability by nanoimprint lithography, making them suitable for future mass production of MOEs.


2012 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
pp. 044112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Vafaee ◽  
Firoozeh Sami ◽  
Babak Shokri ◽  
Behnaz Buzari ◽  
Hassan Sabzyan

2012 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.V. Korobkin ◽  
M.Yu. Romanovskiy ◽  
V.A. Trofimov ◽  
O.B. Shiryaev

AbstractA new concept of generating tight bunches of electrons accelerated to high energies is proposed. The electrons are born via ionization of a low-density neutral gas by laser radiation, and the concept is based on the electrons acceleration in traps arising within the pattern of interference of several relativistically intense laser pulses with amplitude fronts tilted relative to their phase fronts. The traps move with the speed of light and (1) collect electrons; (2) compress them to extremely high density in all dimensions, forming electron bunches; and (3) accelerate the resulting bunches to energies of at least several GeV per electron. The simulations of bunch formation employ the Newton equation with the corresponding Lorentz force.


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