Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of molecules and clusters.

Electron solvation in finite systems: femtosecond dynamics of iodide. (Water)n anion clusters

Electron solvation dynamics in photoexcited anion clusters of I-(D2O)n=4-6 and I-(H2O)4-6 were probed by using femtosecond photoelectron spectroscopy (FPES). An ultrafast pump pulse excited the anion to the cluster analog of the charge-transfer-to-solvent state seen for I- in aqueous solution. Evolution of this state was monitored by time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy using an ultrafast p...

Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of mass-selected metal-water clusters

Direct observation of the dynamics of electronic excitations in molecules and small clusters

Femtosecond time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy is applied to study relaxation paths of excited states of mass-selected negatively charged clusters. As a first example, the lifetime of an excited state of the carbon trimer anion is measured directly. In addition, the mechanism of the decay, i.e., the configurations of the participating electronic states, is determined from the photoelectro...

Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy to probe ultrafast charge transfer and electron dynamics in solid surface systems and at metal-molecule interfaces.

Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) is a versatile tool, which provides insight into electronic structure and dynamics in condensed matter, surfaces, interfaces and molecules. The history of PES is briefly outlined and illustrated by current developments in the field of time-resolved PES. Our group's research is mostly aimed at studying ultrafast processes and associated lifetimes related to elect...

Ultrafast vectorial and scalar dynamics of ionic clusters: azobenzene solvated by oxygen.

The ultrafast dynamics of clusters of trans-azobenzene anion (A-) solvated by oxygen molecules was investigated using femtosecond time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy. The time scale for stripping off all oxygen molecules from A- was determined by monitoring in real time the transient of the A- rise, following an 800 nm excitation of A- (O2)n, where n = 1-4. A careful analysis of the time-d...