Laser ionization detection of O(${}^3{P}_j$) atoms in the VUV; application to photodissociation of O${}_2$

Xu-Dong Wang, David H. Parker, Sebastiaan Y. T. van de Meerakker +2

Detection of nascent O(${}^3{P}_j$, $j=2,1,0$) atoms using one-photon resonant excitation to the $3s{}^3{S}_1^o$ state at $\sim 130$ nm followed by near-threshold ionization, i. e., 1 +…