Laser-induced reactions between a Ca+ Coulomb crystal and polar molecules Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • We have studied laser-induced reactions between a Ca+ Coulomb crystal and the polar molecules of NH3 and ND3 at room temperature. The reaction rates of Ca+*(3d2D 3/2, 4p2P1/2) + NH3 (ND3) products have been determined from time variation of the size of fluorescence images of Ca+ Coulomb crystals. The results show that the reaction rates are very slow, and therefore the reaction-rate measurements between sympathetically cooled molecular ions and slow NH3 (ND 3) molecules can be performed using a Ca+ Coulomb crystal as coolant.

published proceedings

  • XXVII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHOTONIC, ELECTRONIC AND ATOMIC COLLISIONS (ICPEAC 2011), PTS 1-15

author list (cited authors)

  • Okada, K., Kimura, N., Suganuma, T., Shiina, K., Furukawa, T., Takayanagi, T., Wada, M., & Schuessler, H. A.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Okada, K||Kimura, N||Suganuma, T||Shiina, K||Furukawa, T||Takayanagi, T||Wada, M||Schuessler, HA

publication date

  • November 2012