Thomas Weinacht
Professor
Physics and Astronomy
Office: Physics A 102
Office: Physics S 105
Research Group Website | Curriculum Vitae. (Last updated: 2023 Dec 12)
Biography:
Thomas Weinacht is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy. He received his PhD from
the University of Michigan, for which he received the outstanding thesis award from
the division of atomic, molecular and optical physics of the American Physical Society.
He joined the department in 2002, and was named a fellow of the American Physical
Society in 2012.
Research Statement:
Tom Weinacht's research is centered on quantum control and time resolved spectroscopy.
He develops new approaches to follow and control the dynamics of small molecules on
ultrafast timescales (10^-15 seconds) using tailored light fields. His group develops
light sources, constructs new instruments, carries out measurements and collaborates
closely with theory in order to interpret the dynamics and develop new models.
Weinacht Group
Winter 2023
Recent Publications
- "Excited-state dynamics of o-nitrophenol studied with UV pump–VUV probe time-resolved
photoelectron and photoion spectroscopy" Samuel McClung, Dakshitha Abeygunewardane,
Spiridoula Matsika, and Thomas Weinacht J. Chem. Phys. 158, 144303 (2023)
- "Multiparticle Cumulant Mapping for Coulomb Explosion Imaging" Chuan Cheng, Leszek
Frasinski, Michael Davino, Edward McManus, Nora Helming, Chuan Cheng, Gönenç Moğol,
Felix Allum, Andrew J. Howard, Daniel Rolles, Philip H. Bucksbaum, Mark Brouard, Ruaridh
Forbes and Thomas Weinacht Phys. Rev. Lett 130, 093001 (2023)
- "A Plano-Convex Thick-Lens Velocity Map Imaging Apparatus for Direct, High Resolution
3D momentum Measurements of Photoelectrons with Ion Time-of-Flight coincidence" Michael
Davino, Edward McManus, Nora Helming, Chuan Cheng, Gönenç Moğol, Zhanna Rodnova, Geoffrey
Harrison, Kevin Watson, Thomas Weinacht, George Gibson, Tobias Saule and Carlos Trallero-Herrero
Rev Sci Inst 94, 013303 (2023)
- "Strong Field Double Ionization of Formaldehyde Investigated Using Momentum Resolved
Covariance Imaging and Trajectory Surface Hopping" Chuan Cheng, Vaibhav Singh, Spiridoula
Matsika, and Thomas Weinacht J. Phys. Chem. A 126, 7399 (2022)
- "Nonadiabatic Excited State Dynamics of Organic Chromophores: Take-Home Messages"
Pratip Chakraborty, Yusong Liu, Samuel McClung, Thomas Weinacht, and Spiridoula Matsika
J. Phys. Chem. A 126, 6021 (2022)
- "Stable excited dication: trapping on the S1 state of formaldehyde dication after
strong field ionization" Vaibhav Singh, Chuan Cheng, Thomas Weinacht and Spiridoula
Matsika Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 24 (35), 20701 (2022)
- "3D velocity map imaging of electrons with TPX3CAM" Chuan Cheng, Gönenç Moğol, Andrei Nomerotski, Carlos Trallero-Herrero, and Thomas Weinacht. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 93, 013003 (2022)