Detachment of chromophore ions from a complex molecule on a surface by picosecond UV laser pulses
Antonov V. S. , Egorov S. E. , Letokhov V. S. , Matveets Yu. A. , Shibanov A. N.
A preferential desorption of chromophore ions has been observed during the bombardment of a solid-phase peptide containing an aromatic chromophore by 5-ps laser pulses at a wavelength λ = 266 nm. When the pulse length is increased to 20 ns, the mass spectrum of the ions produced is dominated by heavy masses, ranging up to the molecular level.