We develop our own in-house software for data collection and data analysis. Software available for other researchers to use is:
- Velocity Map Imaging
Image analysis software for processing of VMI images is available from our article in the Journal of Chemical Physics “Special Topic: Developments and Applications of Velocity Mapped Imaging Techniques”, Jason R. Gascooke, Stephen T. Gibson, and Warren D. Lawrance (2017). A “circularisation” method to repair deformations and determine the centre of velocity map images. Journal of Chemical Physics 147, 013924
[10.1063/1.4981024]
- Spectroscopic analysis
Other software includes that for calculating the energies and intensities of transitions between different rotational energy levels in molecules. It allows us to predict spectra in the microwave region (pure rotational energy changes) through to the ultraviolet region (includes electronic, vibrational and rotational changes in energy) and also to predict the complex images observed from 2D laser-induced fluorescence experiments.
The software is used to clarify the understanding of rotational energy changes in complex molecules such as toluene [1] is available for use by other researchers working on rotational spectroscopy problems. Please contact Dr Jason Gascooke for more information.
- Gascooke, J. and Lawrance, W.D. (2015). The effects of torsion–vibration coupling on rotational spectra: Toluene reinterpreted and refitted. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 318 pp. 53-63.