Photoelectron-photoion coincidence imaging for dissociative ionization of ethanol in intense UV laser fields

Ikuta, Tomoya; Hosaka, Koichi; Itakura, Ryuji; Akagi, Hiroshi; Yamanouchi, Kaoru*; Kannari, Fumihiko*; Yokoyama, Atsushi

Recently, using a photoelectron-photoion coincidence momentum imaging apparatus, we found two possible pathways for the dissociative ionization of ethanol in intense NIR laser fields: one pathway is the direct access to the electronically excited states leading to the dissociation, the other is the stepwise excitation through the ionization to the electronic ground state. In this study, we investigate the dissociative ionization in intense UV laser with the same technique and compare the results with those with the NIR pulses.