摘要
We report a newly constructed laser ablation crossed molecular beam apparatus, equipped with time-sliced velocity map imaging technique, to study state-to-state metal atom reaction dynamics. Supersonic metal atomic beam is generated by laser vaporization of metal rod, and free expansion design without gas flow channel has been employed to obtain a good quality of metal atomic beam. We have chosen the crossed-beam reaction Al＋O2 to test the performance of the new apparatus. Two-rotational-states selected AIO（X^2∑＋, v=0, N and N＋I4） products can be imaged via P（N） and R（N＋14） branches of the Av=l band at the same wavelength, during （1＋1） resonance-enhanced multi-photon ionization through the AIO（D2E＋） intermediate state. In our experiment at 244.145 nm for simultaneous transitions of P（15） and R（29） branch, two rings in slice image were clearly distinguishable, corresponding to the AiO（v=0, N=IS） and AIO（v=0, N=29） states respectively. The energy difference between the two rotational levels is 403 cm^-1. The success of two states resolved in our apparatus suggests a better collisional energy resolution compared with the recent research study [J. Chem. Phys. 140, 214304 （2014）].
基金
We are indebted to Prof. Kopin Liu （IAMS, Taipei） for stimulating discussions on going experiments, to Prof. Ming-fei Zhou and Assoc. Prof. Guan-jun Wang （Fudan University, Shanghai） for assistance in building machine, to Prof. Uzi. Even （Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv） for discussions oil E1 valve employnmnt in laser ablation, and to Prof. Xue-ming Yang＇s group （DICP, Dalian） for new Iaser system. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No.21322309） and the Program for Professor of Special Appointment （Eastern Scholar） at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning.
