Dynamics of solvation and desolvation of rubidium attached to He nanodroplets
arXiv:1507.00637 · doi:10.1063/1.4926829
Abstract
The real-time dynamics of photoexcited and photoionized rubidium (Rb) atoms attached to helium (He) nanodroplets is studied by femtosecond pump-probe mass spectrometry. While excited Rb atoms in the perturbed 6p-state (Rb*) desorb off the He droplets, Rb^+ photoions tend to sink into the droplet interior when created near the droplet surface. The transition from Rb^+ solvation to full Rb* desorption is found to occur at a delay time t~600 fs for Rb* in the 6pSigma-state and t~1200 fs for the 6pPi-state. Rb^+He ions are found to be created by directly exciting bound Rb*He exciplex states as well as by populating bound Rb^+He-states in an photoassociative ionization process.
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