Figure 3: Simultaneous extraction of multiple bond lengths from polyatomic molecules.
From: Imaging an aligned polyatomic molecule with laser-induced electron diffraction
(a) The ratio of the H and C scattering cross-sections as a function of electron-scattering angle for typical energies used in LIED (50 and 100 eV) and CED/UED (25 keV). The ratios are much higher for the energies relevant to LIED and are also applicable over a much wider angular range (shaded regions). (b) Blue squares (red circles) show the experimental molecular contrast factor that results from the scattering of 60 eV electrons by aligned (anti-aligned) molecules. The best theoretical fits (dashed lines) allow the accurate extraction of the C–H and C–C bond lengths from both alignments. The s.d. error bars are derived from Poissonian statistics.