Ultrafast dynamics of cationic electronic states of vinyl bromide by strong-field ionization-photofragmentation

Strong field ionization-photofragmentation(SFI-PF)with ultrafast pump–probe scheme is a powerful approach to study the dynamics of molecular cationic electronic states.Here we carry out a SFI-PF study on the cationic electronic states of vinyl bromide,C₂H₃Br.The yields of the parent C₂H₃Br₊and the formation of the fragment(Br⁺,C₂H⁺2 and C₂H⁺3)ions have been measured at different pump–probe delay time.Analysis provides experimental evidence of A²A'–X²A' internal conversion of vinyl bromide cations which occurs in a time of about 220 fs,and the time of C₂H₃⁺ formation induced by the dissociation of the A²A' state around 300 fs.The study would add our knowledge of the behavior of electronic excited states of complex molecular cations.