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Photofragmentation approaches for the detection of polyatomic molecules

Reichardt, Thomas A.; Hoops, Alexandra A.; Headrick, Jeffrey M.; Farrow, Roger L.; Settersten, Thomas B.; Bisson, Scott E.; Kulp, Thomas J.

We review three photofragmentation detection approaches, describing the detection of (1) vapor-phase mercuric chloride by photofragment emission, (2) vapor-phase nitro-containing compounds by photofragmentation-ionization, and (3) surface-bound organophosphonate compounds by photofragmentation-laser-induced fluorescence. © 2010 Optical Society of America.