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  1. Fitzpatrick, C., Odhner, J. H., and Levis, R. J., “Spectral Signatures of Ground and Excited State Wavepacket Interference after Impulsive Excitation,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2020, 124(34), 6856-6866.
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  2. Tangeysh, B., Odhner, J. H., Wang, Y., Wayland, B. B., and Levis, R. J., “Formation of copper(I) oxide- and copper(I) cyanide-polyacetonitrile nanocomposites through strong-field laser processing of acetonitrile solutions of copper(II) acetate dimer,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2019, 123(30), 6430-6438.
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  3. Romanov, D.A., Gao, X., Gaeta, A.L., and Levis, R.J., “Intrapulse impact processes in dense-gas femtosecond laser filamentation,” Physical Review A, 2017, 97, 063411.
  4. Archer, J.J., Karki, K., Shi, F., Sistani, H., and Levis, R.J., “Quantification of Protein-Ligand Interactions by Laser Electrospray Mass Spectrometry,” Journal of the Americal Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2018, 29(7), 1484–1492.
  5. Karki, S., Shi, F., Archer, J.J., Sistani, H., and Levis, R.J., “Direct Analysis of Proteins from Solutions with High Salt Concentration Using Laser Electrospray Mass Spectrometry,” Journal of the Americal Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2018, 29(5), 1002-1011.
  6. Odhner, J.H. and Levis, R.J., (2018) “Filament-Assisted Impulsive Raman Spectroscopy” in: Polynkin P., Cheng Y. (eds) Air Lasing. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol. 208. Springer, Cham.
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  7. Munkerup, K., Romanov, D., Bohinski, T., Stephansen, A.B., and Levis, R.J., and Sølling, T.I., “Conserving Coherence and Storing Energy during Internal Conversion: Photoinduced Dynamics if cis– and trans-Azobenzene Radical Cations,” The Journal of Chemical Physics A, 2017, 121(45), 8642-8651.
  8. Vaddypally, S., Kondaveeti, S.K., Karki, S., Van Vliet, M.M., Levis, R.J., and Zdilla, M.J., “Reactive Pendant Mn=O in a Synthetic Structural Model of a Proposed S4 State in the Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolving Complex,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139(13), 4675-4681.
  9. Sistani, H., Karki, S., Archer, J.J., Shi, F., and Levis, R.J., “Assesment of Reproducibility of Laser Electrospray Mass Spectrometry using Electrospray Deposition of Analyte,” Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2017, 28(5), 880-886.
  10. Gao, X., Patwardhan, G. Schrauth, S. Zhu, D., Popmintchev, T., Kapteyn, H.C., Murnane, M.M., Romanov, D.A., Levis, R.J., and Gaeta, A.L., “Picosecond ionization dynamics in femtosecond filaments at high pressures,” Physical Review A, 2017, 95, 013412.
  11. Tangeysh, B., Tibbetts, K.M., Odhner, J.H., Wayland, B.B., and Levis, R.J., “Gold Nanotriangle Formation through Strong-Field Laser Processing of Aqueous KAuCl4 and Postirradiation Reduction by Hydrogen Peroxide,” Langmuir, 2017, 33(1), 243-252.
  12. Karki, S., Sistani, H., Archer, J.J., Shi, F., and Levis, R.J., “Isolating Protein Charge State Reduction in Electrospray Droplets Using Femtosecond Laser Vaporization,” Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2017, 28, 470-478.
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  13. Perez, J.J., Watson, D.A., and Levis, R.J., “Classification of Gunshot Residue Using Laser Electrospray Mass Spectrometry and Offline Multivariate Statistical Analysis,” Analytical Chemistry, 2016, 88, 11390.
  14. Tarazkar, M., Romanov, D.A., and Levis, R.J., “Nonlinear optical responses of multiply ionized noble gases: Dispersion and spin multiplicity effects,” Physical Review A, 2016, 94, 012514.
  15. Dewan, S., Odhner, J.H., Tibbetts, K.M., Afsari, S., Levis, R.J., and Borguet, E., “Resolving the source of blue luminescence from alkyl-capped silicon nanoparticles synthesized by laser pulse ablation,” Journal of Material Chemistry C, 2016, 4, 6894.
  16. Tibbetts, K.M., Tangeysh, B., Odhner, J.H., and Levis, R.J., “Elucidating Strong Field Photochemical Reduction Mechanisms of Aqueous [AuCl4]–: Kinetics of Multiphoton Photolysis and Radical Mediated Reduction,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2016, 120(20), 3562-3569.
  17. Tibbetts, K.M., Odhner, J., Vaddypally, S., Tangeysh, B., Cerkez, E.B., Strongin, D.R., Zdilla, M.J., and Levis, R.J., “Amorphous aluminum-carbide and aluminum-magnesium-carbide nanoparticles from gas phase activation of trimethylaluminum and octamethyldialuminummagnesium using simultaneous spatially and temporally focused ultrashort laser pulses,” Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 2016, 6, 1-4.
  18. Shi, F., Flanigan, P.M., Archer, J.J., and Levis, R.J., “Ambient Molecular Analysis of Biological Tissue Using Low-Energy, Femtosecond Laser Vaporization and Nanospray Positionization Mass Spectrometry,” Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2016, 27(3), 542-551.
  19. Romanov, D.A., Odhner, J.H., and Levis, R.J., “Modification of chirped laser pulses via delayed rotational nonlinearity,” The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016, 144, 124313.
  20. Bell, G., Filin, A., Romanov, D.A., and Levis, R.J., “Direct growth of CdSe semiconductor quantum dots in glass matrix by femtosecond laser beam,” Applied Physics Letters, 2016, 108, 063112.
  21. Shi, F., Archer, J.J., Levis, R.J., “Nonresonant, Femtosecond Laser Vaporization and Electrospray Post-ionization Mass Spectrometry as a Tool for Biological Tissue Imaging,” Methods, 2016, 104, 79-85.
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  22. Popmintchev, D., Hernández-García, C., Dollar, F., Mancuso, C., Pérez-Hernández, J.A., Chen, M.C., Hankla, A., Gao, X., Shim, B., Gaeta, A.L., Tarazkar, M., Romanov, D.A., Levis, R.J., Gaffney, J.A., Foord, M., Libby, S.B., Jaron-Becker, A., Becker, A., Plaja, L., Murnane, M.M., Kapteyn, H.C., and Popmintchev, T., “Ultraviolet Surprise: Efficient Soft X-ray High Harmonic Generation in Multiply-Ionized Plasmas,” Science, 2015, 350(6265), 1225-1231.
  23. Odhner, J.H. and Levis, R.J., “High-energy Noncollinear Optical Parametric Amplifier Producing 4 fs Pulses in the Visible Seeded by a Gas-Phase Filament,” Optics Letters, 2015, 40(16), 3814-3817.
  24. Karki, S., Flanigan, P.M., Perez, J.J., Archer, J. J., and Levis, R.J., “Increasing Protein Charge State When Using Laser Electrospray Mass Spectrometry,” Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2015, 26(5), 706-715.
  25. Romanov, D.A., Filin, A.I., and Levis, R.J., “Control of Spectral Interference Patterns in Broad Rabi Sidebands Toward Quasi-Comb Structures,” Optics Letters, 2015, 40(5), 717-720.
  26. Tangeysh, B., Moore Tibbetts, K. , Odhner, J.H., Wayland, B.B., and Levis, R.J.,“Triangular Gold Nanoplate Growth by Oriented Attachment of Au Seeds Generated by Strong Field Laser Reduction,” Nano Letters, 2015, 15(5), 3377-3382
  27. Shumlas, S., Moore Tibbetts, K. , Odhner, J.H., Levis, R.J., and Strongin, D.R., “Formation of Carbon Nanospheres via Ultrashort Pulse Laser Irradiation of Methane,” Materials Chemical Physics, 2015, 156, 47-53.
  28. McCole Dlugosz, E.T., Fisher, R., Filin, A., Romanov, D.A., Odhner, J.H., and Levis, R.J., “Filament-Assisted Impulsive Raman Spectroscopy of Ozone and Nitrogen Oxides,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2015, 119(35), 9272-9280.
  29. Shi, F.,Flanigan, P.M., Archer, J.J., and Levis, R.J., “Direct Analysis of Intact Biological Macromolecules by Low-Energy, Fiber-Based Femtosecond Laser Vaporization at 1042 nm Wavelength with Nanospray Postionization Mass Spectrometry,” Analytical Chemistry, 2015, 87(6), 3187-3194.
  30. Flanigan, P.M., Shi, F., Archer, J.J., and Levis, R.J., “Internal Energy Deposition For Low Energy, Femtosecond Laser Vaporization and Nanospray Post-ionization Mass Spectrometry Using Thermometer Ions,” Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s13361-015-1081-6.[Conference Proceedings]
  31. Tarazkar, M., Romanov, D.A, and Levis, R.J., “Theoretical Study of Second-Order Hyperpolarizability for Nitrogen Radical Cation,” Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 2015, 48, 094019.
  32. Levis, R.J., “Matrix-Free, Ambient Pressure Mass Spectrometry Via Ultra-Intense Laser Vaporization,” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 248, Meeting Abstract: 88-ANYL, 248th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
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  33. Tarazkar, M., Romanov, D.A, and Levis, R.J., “Higher-Order Nonlinear Refractive Indices For He, Ne, Kr, and Xe Atoms,” Physical Review A, 2014, 90(6), 062514.
  34. Levis, R.J., “Laser Vaporization Using Ultra-Fast, Utra-Intense Laser Fields: From Newton’s Cradle to Mouse Brain Analysis,” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 248, Meeting Abstract: 439-COLL, 248th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
  35. Odhner, J.H., Moore Tibbetts, K., Tangeysh, B., Wayland, B.B., and Levis, R.J., “Mechanism of Improved Au Nanoparticle Size Distributions Using Simultaneous Spatial and Temporal Focusing for Femtosecond Laser Irradiation of Aqueous KAuCl4,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014, 118(41), 23986-23995.
  36. Tarazkar, M., Romanov, D.A, and Levis, R.J., “Higher-Order Nonlinearity of Refractive Index: The Case of Argon,” Journal of Chemical Physics, 2014, 140, 214316.
  37. Moore Tibbetts, K., Bohinski, T., Munkerup, K., Tarazkar, M., and Levis, R.J., “Controlling Dissociation of Alkyl Phenyl Ketone Radical Cations in the Strong-Field Regime through Hydroxyl Substitution Position,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2014, 118(37), 8170-8176.
  38. Bohinski, T., Moore Tibbetts, K., Munkerup, K., Tarazkar, M., Romanov, D. A., Matsika, S., and Levis, R.J., “Radical Cation Spectroscopy of Substituted Alkyl Phenyl Ketones via Tunnel Ionization,” Chemical Physics, 2014, 442, 81-85.
  39. Odhner, J.H. and Levis, R.J., “Optical Spectroscopy using Gas-Phase Femtosecond Laser Filamentation,” Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2014, 65, 605-28.
  40. Flanigan, P. and Levis, R.J., “Ambient Femtosecond Laser Vaporization and Nanosecond Laser Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry,” Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, 2014, 7, 229-256.
  41. Flanigan, P.M., Shi, F., Perez, J.J., Karki, S., Pfeiffer, C., Schafmeister, C., and Levis, R.J., “Determination of Internal Energy Distributions of Laser Electrospray Mass Spectrometry using Thermometer Ions and Other Biomolecules,” Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2014, 25(9), 1572-1582.
  42. Bohinski, T., Moore Tibbetts, K., Tarazkar, M., Dmitri A. Romanov, Matsika, S., and Levis, R.J., “Strong Field Adiabatic Ionization Prepares Selective Launch States for Coherent Control,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2014, 5(24), 4305-4309.
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  43. Levis, R.J., “Molecules in strong fields: Laser filaments and preserving protein structure at 1013 watts/cm2,” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2013, 245, Meeting Abstract: 101-COMP.
  44. Tangeysh, B., Moore Tibbetts, K., Odhner, J.H., Wayland, B. B., and Levis, R.J., “Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis Using Spatially and Temporally Shaped Femtosecond Laser Pulses: Post-Irradiation Auto-Reduction of Aqueous [AuCl4],” The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2013, 117(36) 18719-18727.
  45. Bohinski, T., Moore Tibbetts, K., Tarazkar, M., et al., “Measurement of Ionic Resonances in Alkyl Phenyl Ketone Cations via Infrared Strong Field Mass Spectrometry,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2013, 117(47) 12374-12381.
  46. McCole, E.T., Odhner, J.H., and Levis, R.J., “Spectral-to-Temporal Amplitude Mapping Polarization Spectroscopy,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2013, 117(29), 6354-6361.
  47. Romanov, D.A. and Levis, R.J., “Evolution of Laser Microfilaments in the Wake of a Femtosecond Driving Pulse,” Physical Review A, 2013, 87(6), 063410.
  48. Wahlstrand, J. K.; Odhner, J. H.; McCole, E. T., Cheng, Y.-H., Palastro, J. P., Levis, R. J., and Milchberg, H. M.“Effect of two-beam coupling in strong-field optical pump-probe experiments,” Physical Review A, 2013, 87(5), 053801.
  49. Tarazkar, M., Romanov, D.A, and Levis, R.J., “Higher-Order Nonlinearity of Refractive Index: the Case of Argon,” 2013, Joint Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics and the CAP Division of Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics, Canada, 58(6), H6.00005
  50. Perez, J.J., Flanigan, P.M., Karki, S., and Levis, R.J., “Laser Electrospray Mass Spectrometry Minimizes Ion Suppression Facilitating Quantitative Mass Spectral Response for Multicomponent Mixtures of Proteins,” Analytical Chemistry, 2013, 85(14), 6667–6673.
  51. Flanigan, P.M., Perez, J.J., Karki, S., and Levis, R.J., “Quantitative Measurements of Small Molecule Mixtures Using Laser Electrospray Mass Spectrometry,” Analytical Chemistry, 2013, 85(7), 3629-3637.
  52. Heck, G., Filin, A., Romanov D.A., and Levis R.J., “Decoherence of Rabi oscillations in laser-generated microplasmas,” Physical Review A, 2013, 87(2), 023419.
  53. Perez, J.J., Flanigan, P.M., Brady, J.J., and Levis, R.J., “The Classification of Smokeless Gun powders using Laser Electrospray Mass Spectrometry and Offline Multivariate Statistical Analysis,” Analytical Chemistry, 2013, 85(1), 296-302.
  54. Bohinski, T., Moore Tibbetts, K., Tarazkar, M., Romanov, D., Matsika, S., and Levis, R.J., “Measurement of an Electronic Resonance in Ground State, Gas Phase Acetophenone Cation via Strong Field Mass Spectrometry,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2013, 4(10), 1587-1591.
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  55. Brady, J.J., Judge, E.J., Levis, R.J., “Reply to Breuker et al.: How laser electrospray mass spectrometry (LEMS) measures condensed phase protein structure, not vacuum structure,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2012, 109, E207-E207.
  56. Romanov, D. A., Levis, R. J., “Postionization Medium Evolution in a Laser Filament: A Uniquely Nonplasma Response,” Physical Review E, 2012, 86(4), 046408.
  57. Levis, R.J., “How Molecules React to Strong Lasers: New Discoveries,” Spectroscopy, 2012, 27(3), 66-66.
  58. Brady, J.J., Flanigan, P.M., Perez, J.J., Judge, E.J., Levis R.J., “Multidimensional Detection of Explosives and Explosive Signatures via Laser Electrospray Mass Spectrometry,” Proceedings, SPIE, 8358, 83580X, 2012.
  59. Levis, R.J., “Laser Vaporization Mass Spectrometry for Universal Materials Analysis,” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 244, Meeting Abstract: 178-ANYL.
  60. Flanigan, P.M., Radell, L., Brady, J.J., Levis, R.J., “Differentiation of Eight Phenotypes and Discovery of Potential Biomarkers for a Single Plant Organ Class Using Laser Electrospray Mass Spectrometry and Multivariate Statistical Analysis,” Analytical Chemistry, 2012, 84(14), 6225-6232.
  61. Odhner, J.H., Romanov, D.A., McCole, E.T., Wahlstrand, J.K., Milchberg, H.M., Levis R.J., “Ionization-Grating-Induced Nonlinear Phase Accumulation in Spectrally-Resolved Transient Birefringence Measurements at 400 nm,” Physical Review Letters, 2012, 109(6), 065003.
  62. Odhner, J.H., Levis, R.J., “Direct Phase and Amplitude Characterization of Femtosecond Laser Pulses Undergoing Filamentation in Air,” Optics Letters, 2012, 37(10), 1775-1777.
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  63. Brady, J.J., Judge, E.J., Levis, R.J., “Analysis of Amphiphilic Lipids and Hydrophobic Proteins Using Nonresonant Femtosecond Laser Vaporization with Electrospray Post-Ionization,” Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2011, 22(4), 762-772.
  64. Judge, E.J., Brady, J.J., Barbano, P.E., Levis, R.J., “Nonresonant Femtosecond Laser Vaporization with Electrospray Postionization for ex vivo Plant Tissue Typing Using Compressive Linear Classification,” Analytical Chemistry, 2011, 83(6), 2145-2151.
  65. Compton, R., Filin, A., Romanov, D.A., Levis, R.J., “Dynamic Rabi Sidebands in Laser-Generated Micro-Plasmas: Tunablity and Control,” Physical Review A, 2011, 83(5), 1050-2947.
  66. Heck, G., Compton, R., Filin A., Plewicki M., Romanov D.A., Levis R.J., “The Spatial-Spectral Distribution of Rabi Radiation Generated in Plasma,” Optics Letters, 2011, 36(16) 3224-3226.
  67. Brady, J.J., Judge, E.J., Levis, R.J., “Nonresonant Femtosecond Laser Vaporization of Aqueous Protein Preserves Folded Structure,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011, 108(30), 12217-1222.
  68. Flanigan, P.M., Brady, J.J., Judge, E.J., Levis, R.J., “Determination of Inorganic Improvised Explosive Device Signatures Using Laser Electrospray Mass Spectrometry Detection with Offline Classification,” Analytical Chemistry, 2011, 83(18), 7115-712.
  69. Odhner, J.H., McCole, E.T., Levis, R.J., “Filament-Driven Impulsive Raman Spectroscopy,” Physical Chemistry A, 2011, 115(46), 13407-13412.
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  70. Compton, R., Filin, A., Romanov, D.A., Levis, R.J., “Tunable broadband Optical Generation via Giant Rabi Shifting in Micro-Plasmas,” SPIE Photonics West Conference 2010, 7582: 75820D.
  71. Brady, J.J., Judge, E.J., and Levis, R.J., “Laser Electrospray Mass Spectrometry of Absorbed Molecules at Atmospheric Pressure,” SPIE Photonics West Conference 2010, 7582, 75820M.
  72. Odhner, J.H., Romanov, D.A., and Levis, R.J., “Filament Based Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy,” SPIE Photonics West Conference 2010, 7582: 75820M.
  73. Coughlan, M.A., Plewicki, M., Levis, R.J., “Creating Multiple Longitudinal Foci With Parametric Spatio-Temporal Focusing,” SPIE Photonics West Conference 2010, Vol. 7570, 75700R.
  74. Smith, S.M., Romanov, D.A., Li, Xiaosong, Sonk, J.A., Schlegel, H.B., Levis, R.J., “Numerical Bound State Electron Dynamics of Carbon Dioxide in the Strong-Field Regime,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2010, 114(7), 2576-2587.
  75. Plewicki, M., Compton, R., Filin, A., Romanov, D.A., Levis, R.J., “Origin of the Spectral Coherence in Dynamically-Broadened Rabi Sidebands,” Optics Letters, 2010, 35(5), 778-780.
  76. Judge, E.J., Brady, J.J., Dalton, D.R. and Levis, R.J., “Analysis of Pharmaceutical Compounds From Glass, Fabric, Steel and Wood Surfaces at Atmospheric Pressure Using Non-Resonant Femtosecond Laser Vaporization, Electrospray Mass Spectrometry,” Analytical Chemistry, 2010, 82(8), 3231-3238.
  77. Romanov, D.A., Compton, R., Filin, A., Levis, R.J., “Dynamics of Strong-Field Laser-Induced Micro-Plasma Formation in Noble Gases,” Physical Review, 2010, 81(3), 033403.
  78. Smith, S.M., Romanov, D.A., Heck, G., Schlegel, H.B., Levis, R.J., “Observing the Transition from Stark-Shifted, Strong-Field Resonance to Nonadiabatic Excitation,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010, 114(12), 1659-1664.
  79. Brady, J.J., Judge, E.J., and Levis, R.J., “Identification of Explosives and Explosive Formulations Using Laser Electrospray Mass Spectrometry,” Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 2010, 24(11), 1659-1664.
  80. Odhner, J.H., Romanov, D.A., Levis, R.J., “Self-Shortening Dynamics in a Femtosecond Laser Filament in Air,” Physical Review Letters, 2010, 105(12), 125001-125004.
  81. Compton, R., Filin, A., Romanov, D.A., Plewicki, M., Levis, R.J., “Tunable Broadband Optical Generation via Giant Rabi Shifting in Micro-Plasmas,” OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2010), paper TuE31, (2010).
  82. Judge, E.J., Brady, J.J., and Levis, R.J., “Mass Analysis of Biological Macromolecules at Atmospheric Pressure Using Nonresonant Femtosecond Laser Vaporization and Electrospray Ionization,” Analytical Chemistry, 2010, 82(24), 10203-10207.
  83. Coughlan, M.A., Plewicki, M., Levis, R.J., “Spatio-Temporal and -Spectral Coupling of Shaped Laser Pulses in a Focusing Geometry,” Optics Express, 2010, 18(23), 23973-23986.
  84. Liang, W., Isborn, C.M., Lindsay, A., Li, X.S., Smith, S.M., Levis, R.J, “Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Calculations of Ehrenfest Dynamics of Laser Controlled Dissociation of NO+: Pulse Length and Sequential Multiple Single-Photon Processes,” Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2010, 114(21), 6201-6206.
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  85. Compton, R., Filin, A., Romanov, D.A., Levis, R.J., “Observation of Broadband Time-Dependent Rabi Shifting in Micro-Plasmas,” Physical Review Letters, 2009, 103(20), 205001.
  86. Brady, J.J., Judge, E.J., and Levis, R.J., “Mass Spectrometry of Intact Neutral Macromolecules Using Intense Non-Resonant Femtosecond Laser Vaporization with Electrospray Post-Ionization,” Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 2009, 23(19) 3151-3157.
  87. Odhner, J.H., Romanov, D.A., and Levis, R.J., “Rovibrational Wave-Packet Dispersion During Femtosecond Laser Filamentation in Air,” Physical Review Letters, 2009, 103, 075005.
  88. Coughlan, M.A., Plewicki, M., and Levis, R.J., “Parametric Spatio-Temporal Control of Focusing Laser Pulses,” Optics Express, 2009, 17(18), 15808-15820.
  89. Judge, E.J., Heck, G., Cerkez, B.E., and Levis, R.J., “Discrimination of Composite Graphite Samples Using Remote Filament-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” Analytical Chemistry, 2009, 81(7), 2658-2663.
  90. Filin, A., Compton, R., Romanov, D.A., Levis, R.J., “Impact Ionization Cooling in Femtosecond Laser-Induced Plasma Channels,” Physical Review Letters, 2009, 102, 155004.
  91. Heck, G., Judge, E.J., Odhner, J., Plewicki, M., and Levis, R.J., “Remote Sensing via Femtosecond Filament Based Technologies,” GomacTech Digest Conference, Orlando, FL, Presented March 2009.
  92. Coughlan, M.A., Plewicki, M., Weber, S.M., Bowlan, P., Trebino, R., Levis, R.J., “Shaped Pulse Electric-Field Construction and Interferometric Characterization: The SPECIFIC Method,” arXiv:0903.1233, (2009).
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  93. Plewicki, M., Levis, R., “Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy of Methanol and Acetone in a Noncollinear Geometry Using a Supercontinuum Probe,” Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 2008, 25(10), 1714-1719.
  94. Romanov, D. A., Healy, D., Brady, J., Levis, R., “Adaptive Reshaping of Objects in (Multiparameter) Hilbert Space For Enhanced Detection and Classification: An Application of Receiver Operating Curve Statistics to Laser-Based Mass Spectroscopy,” Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 2008, 25(5), 1039-1050.
  95. Compton, R., Filin, A., Romanov, D. A., Levis, R., “Elucidating Thepectral and Temporal Contributions From The Resonant and Nonresonant Response to Femtosecond Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering,” Journal of Chemical Physics, 2008, 128(15) 154517-1.
  96. Palliyaguru, L., Sloss, J., Rabitz, H., Levis, R., “Multicomponent Control via Shaped, Strong Laser Fields Mass Spectroscopy,” Journal of Modern Optics, 2008, 55(1), 177-185.
  97. Bowlan, P., Gabolde, P., Coughlan, M.A., Trebino, R., Levis, R.J., “Measuring the Spatiotemporal Electric Field of Ultrashort Pulses With High Spatial and Spectral Resolution,” Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 2008, 25(6), A81-A92.
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  98. Romanov, D. A., Filin, A., Compton, R., Levis, R.J., “Phase Matching in Femtosecond BOXCARS,” Optics Letters, 2007, 32(21), 3161-3163.
  99. Lorenc, D., Velic, D., Markevitch, A.N., Levis, R.J., “Adaptive Femtosecond Pulse Shaping to Control Supercontinuum Generation in a Microstructure Fiber,” Optics Communications, 2007, 276(2), 288-292.
  100. Schulz, C.P., Burnus, T., Castro, A., Gross, E.K.U., Heidenreich, A., Hertel, I.V., Jortner, J., Laarmann, T., Last, I., Levis, R.J., Marques, M.A.L., Romanov, D.A., Saenz, A., (2007) Molecules and Clusters in Strong Laser Fields. In Oliver Kühn and Ludgar Wöste (Eds.), Analysis and Control of Ultrafast Photoinduced Processes. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, 87, 485-617.
  101. Markevitch, A., Romanov, D. A., Smith, S.M., Levis, R.J., “Probing Strong-Field Electron-Nuclear Dynamics of Polyatomic Molecules Using Proton Motion,” Physical Review A, 2007, 75(1), 053402.
  102. Smith, S.M., Li, X., Markevitch, A., Romanov, D. A., Levis R.J., Schlegel, B., “Numerical Simulation of Nonadiabatic Electron Excitation in the Strong-Field Regime. 3. Polyacene Neutrals and Cations,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2007, 111(30), 6920-6932.
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  103. Tran, H.T., Romanov D.A., Levis R.J., “Control Goal Selection Through Anticorrelation Analysis in The Detection Space,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2006, 110(36), 10558-10563.
  104. Markevitch, A.N., Romanov, D.A., Smith, S.M., et al., “Rapid Proton Transfer Mediated By A Strong Laser Field,” Physical Review Letters, 2006, 96(16), 163002.
  105. Heck, G., Sloss, J., and Levis, R.J., “Adaptive Control of The Spatial Position of White Light Filaments in an Aqueous Solution,” Optics Communications, 2006, 259(1), 216-222.
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  106. Smith, S.M., Li, X.S., Markevitch, A.N., Romanov, D.A., Levis, R.J., Schlegel, H.B., “A Numerical Simulation of Nonadiabatic Electron Excitation in the Strong Field Regime: Linear Polyenes,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2005, 109(23), 5176-5185.
  107. Smith, S.M., Li, X.S., Markevitch, A.N., Romanov, D.A., Levis, R.J., Schlegel, H.B, “Numerical Simulation of Nonadiabatic Electron Excitation in the Strong Field Regime. 2. Linear Polyene Cations,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2005, 109(46), 10527-10534.
  108. Markevitch, A.N., et al., “Nonadiabatic Charge-Transfer Processes in Polyatomic Molecules Driven by Strong Laser Fields,” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 230, U2970-U2970.
  109. Li, X., Smith, S.M., Markevitch, A.N., Romanov, D.A., Levis, R.J., Schlegel, H.B., “A time-dependent Hartree-Fock Approach For Studying the Electronic Optical Response of Molecules in Intense Fields,” Physical Chemistry, 2005, 7(2), 233-239.
  110. Elliott, R., Compton, R., Levis, R.J., Matsika, S., “Excited Electronic States of the Cyclic Isomers of O3 and SO2,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2005, 109(49), 11304-11311.
    111.    
  111. Smith, S.M., Markevitch, A.N., Romanov, D.A., Li, X., Levis, R.J., Schlegel, H.B., “Static and Dynamic Polarizabilities of Conjugated Molecules and Their Cations,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2004, 108(50), 11063-11072.
  112. Schlegel, H.B., et al., “Time-dependent Hartree-Fock approach for studying the electronic optical response of molecules in intense fields,” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 228, U251-U251.
  113. Markevitch, A., Romanov, D. A., Smith, S., Schlegel, H.B., Ivanov, M., Levis, R.J., “Sequential Nonadiabatic Excitation of Large Molecules and Ions Driven by Strong Laser Fields,” Physical Review A, 2004, 69(1), 013401.
  114. Markevitch, A., Romanov, D. A., Smith, S., Levis, R.J., “Coulomb Explosion of Large Polyatomic Molecules Assisted by Nonadiabatic Charge Localization,” Physical Review Letters, 2004, 92(6), 063001.
  115. Markevitch, A.N., et al., “Adaptive Laser Control of Charge Localization During Dissociative Ionization of Polyatomic Molecules,” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 228, U271-U271.
  116. Anand, S., Zamari, M.M., Menkir, G., Levis, R.J., Schlegel, H.B., “Fragmentation Pathways in a Series of CH3COX Molecules in the Strong Field Regime,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2004, 108(15), 3162-3165.
    117.    
  117. Markevitch, A.N., Romanov, D. A., Smith, S.M., Schlegel, H.B., Ivanov, M.Y., Levis, R.J, “Nonadiabatic Dynamics of Polyatomic Molecules and Ions in Strong Laser Fields,” Physical Review A, 2003, 68(1), 011402.
  118. Graham, P., Menkir, G., Levis, R.J., “An Investigation of the Effects of Experimental Parameters on the Closed-Loop control of Photoionization/dissociation Processes in Acetophenone,” Spectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy, 2003, 58(6), 1097-1108.
  119. Arnolds, H., Levis, R.J., King, D.A., “Vibrationally Assisted DIET Through Transient Temperature Rise: The Case of Benzene on Pt{111},” Chemical Physics Letters, 2003, 380(3-4), 444-450.
  120. Levis, R.J., Principles of the Quantum Control of Molecular Processes by Moshe Shapiro and Paul Brumer, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken 2003.
    121.    
  121. Moore, N.P., Markevitch A.N., Menkir G.M., and Levis, R.J., “The Mechanisms of Strong Field Control of Chemical Reactivity using Tailored Laser Pulses,” In Laser Control and Manipulation of Molecules, A.D. Bandrauk and R.J. Gordon eds., American Chemical Society Symposium Series, 2002, 821, 207-220.
  122. Moore, N.P., Markevitch, A.N., and Levis, R.J., “Influencing Strong Field Excitation Dynamics Through Molecular Structure,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2002, 106(7), 1107-1112.
  123. Levis, R.J. and Rabitz, H.A., “Closing the Loop on Bond Selective Chemistry Using Tailored Strong Field Laser Pulses,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2002, 106(27), 6427-6444.
    124.    
  124. Markevitch, A.N., N.P. Moore, and R.J. Levis, “The Influence of Molecular Structure on Strong Field Energy Coupling and Partitioning,” Chemical Physics, 2001, 267(1-3), 131-140.
  125. Levis, R.J., Menkir, G., and Rabitz, H., “Selective Bond Dissociation and Rearrangement with Optimally Tailored, Strong-Field Laser Pulses,” Science, 2001, 292(5517), 709-713.
  126. Levis, R.J., “Strong Field ionization and Dissociation of Polyatomic Molecules,” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2001, 221, U264-U264.
  127. Moore, N.P. and Levis, R.J., “Strong Field Molecular Photoelectron Spectroscopy,” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2001, 221, U247-U247.
  128. Markevitch, A.N., Moore, N.P., and Levis, R.J., “The Effects of Molecular Structure on Strong Field Energy Coupling of Anthracene and Anthraquinone,” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2001, 221, U294-U294.
  129. Moore, N.P., et al., “Field-induced ionization of benzene,” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2001, 221, U269-U269.
    130.    
  130. Moore, N.P. and Levis, R.J., “The strong field photoelectron spectroscopy of acetylene: Evidence for short-lived 4p gerade states via electric field-induced resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization,” Journal of Chemical Physics, 2000, 112(3), 1316-1320.
  131. DeWitt, M.J., Prall, B.S., and Levis, R.J., “Orientational averaging in the intense field tunnel ionization of molecules,” Journal of Chemical Physics, 2000, 113(4), 1553-1558.
  132. Arnolds, H., et al., “Femtosecond near-infrared laser desorption of multilayer benzene on Pt{111}: A molecular Newton’s cradle?,” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2000, 104(14), 3375-3382.
  133. Moore, N.P. and Levis, R.J., “Strong Field Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Polyatomic Molecules: Acetylene,” 2000, Multiphoton Processes L.F. DiMauro, R.R. Freeman and K.C. Kulander Eds. AIP Press.
    134.    
  134. DeWitt, M J. and Levis, R.J., “Photoexcitation, Ionization and Dissociation of Molecules Using Intense Near-Infrared Radiation of Femtosecond Duration,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 1999, 103(33), 6493-6507.
  135. Prall, B.S., DeWitt, M.J., and Levis, R.J., “Predicting Intense Field Laser Ionization Probabilities: The Application to C2Hn Species,” Journal of Chemical Physics, 1999, 111(7), 2865-2868.
  136. DeWitt, M.J. and Levis, R.J., “Concerning the Ionization of Large Polyatomic Molecules with Intense Ultrafast Lasers,” Journal of Chemical Physics, 1999, 110(23), 11368-11375.
  137. Billotto, R. and Levis, R.J., “On the Coupling Mechanism of 780 nm Femtosecond Laser with Biphenyl, Diphenylmethane and Diphenylethane,” Journal of Physical Chememistry A, 1999, 103(41), 8160-8168.
  138. Rehbein, C., King, D.A., Roberts, G, Arnolds ,H., and Levis, R.J., “Femtosecond Near-Infrared Laser Desorption of Multilayer Benzene on Pt{111}: Spatial Origin of Hyperthermal Desorption,” Chemical Physics Letters, 1999, 314, 389-395.
    139.    
  139. DeWitt, M.J. and Levis, R.J., “Observing the Transition from a Multiphoton-Dominated to a Field-Mediated Ionization Process for Polyatomic Molecules in Intense Laser Fields,” Physical Review Letters, 1998, 81, 5101.
  140. DeWitt, M.J. and Levis, R.J., “The role of electron delocalization in the ionization of C6 hydrocarbons using intense 780 nm laser pulses of femtosecond duration,” The Journal of Chemical Physics, 1998, 108(17), 7045.
  141. DeWitt, M.J. and Levis, R.J., “Calculating the Keldysh adiabaticity parameter for atomic, diatomic, and polyatomic molecules,” The Journal of Chemical Physics, 1998, 108, 7739.
  142. Velic, D. and Levis, R.J., “Collision-induced desorption (CID) of NO from Pt{111}: a comparison between the CID binding energy and the activation energy for thermal desorption,” Surface Science, 1998, 396(1-3), 327-339.
    143.    
  143. Narayanaswami, G. and Levis, R.J., “Detection of Oligonucleotides Hybridized to a Planar Surface Using Matrix-Assisted Laser-Desorption Mass Spectroscopy,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1997, 119(29), 6888-6890.
  144. Peters, D.W., DeWitt, M.J., and Levis, R.J., “The Photoionization/Dissociation of Alkyl Substituted Benzene Molecules Using Intense Near-Infrared Radiation,” Chemical Physics, 1997, 218(1-2), 211-223.
  145. Velic, D. and Levis, R.J., “A Model for Estimating the Surface Effective Mass During Collision-Induced Processes on Pt{111},” Chemical Physics Letters, 1997, 269, 59-64.
  146. DeWitt, M.J. and Levis, R.J., “Photoionization of Polyatomic Molecules Using Intense, Near-Infrared Radiation of Femtosecond Duration,” AIP Conference PRoceedings, 1997, 388 45-50.
    147.    
  147. Levis, R.J., “Laser Ejection of Oligonucleotides,” in Large Ions: Their Vaporization, Detection and Structural Analysis, Tomas Baer, Cheuk-Yiu Ng, Ivan Powis, Eds. Wiley, London, 1996, pp. 104-125.
  148. DeWitt, M. and Levis, R.J., “High-Field Ionization of Molecules Using Ultrafast Radiation,” in Femtochemistry, Ultrafast Chemical and Physical Processes in Molecular Systems, M. Chergui, Ed. World Scientific, 1996 pp. 129-134.
  149. Szulczewski, G. and Levis, R.J., “Measurement of the Binding Energy for Di-σ C2H4/Pt{111}: Does a Radical Intermediate Form During Thermal Desorption?” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1996, 118(14), 3521-3522.
  150. Velic, D., Levis, R.J., “Selective Collision-Induced Desorption: Measurement of the π-bonded C2H4 Binding Energy on Pt{111} Precovered with Atomic Oxygen,” The Journal of Chemical Physics, 1996, 104(23), 9629-9639.
    151.    
  151. Szulczewski, G. and Levis, R.J., “Collision-Induced Desorption of Ammonia on Pt{111}: From Direct Measurement of the Threshold Energy to Determination of the Surface-Adsorbate Bond Strength,” The Journal of Chemical Physics, 1995, 103(23), 10238-10251.
  152. Srinivasan, J., Romano, L., and Levis R.J., “Velocity Distributions for a Laser-Vaporized, Anthracene-Labeled Nucleotide,” Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1995, 99(23), 13272-13279.
  153. DeWitt, M J. and Levis, R.J., “Near-Infrared Femtosecond Photoionization of Cyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons,” The Journal of Chemical Physics, 1995, 102(21), 8670-8673.
    154.    
  154. Szulczewski, G. and Levis, R.J., “Determination of a Chemisorption Bond Strength by Direct Measurement of the Threshold Desorption Energy; NH3 on Pt{111}”, The Journal Chemical Physics, 1994, 101(12), 11070-11073.
  155. Levis, R.J., “Laser Desorption and Ejection of Biomolecules from the Condensed Phase into the Gas Phase,” Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 1994, 45, 483.
  156. Schilke, D. and Levis, R.J., “A laser vaporization, laser ionization time‐of‐flight mass spectrometer for the probing of fragile biomolecules,” Review of Scientific Instruments, 1994, 65(6), 1903-1911.
  157. Szulczewski, G. and Levis, R.J., “Nonthermal Surface Chemistry: Collision-Induced Reactions of NH3 on Pt{111},” Proceedings of the OE/LASE ’94 SPIE Laser Techniques for Surface Science, 1994, 2125, 252.
    158.    
  158. Szulczewski, G. and Levis, R.J., “A Theory for Calculating the Surface-Adsorbate Bond Dissociation Energy from Collision-Induced Desorption Threshold Measurements,” The Journal of Chemical Physics, 1993, 98(7), 5974-5977.
  159. Levis, R.J., “Laser Vaporization and REMPI TOF Detection for DNA Sequencing,” Proceedings of the 41st ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, San Francisco, CA, June 1993, 786.
  160. Schilke, D., Rajan, J., Romano, L.J., DeWitt, M.J., and Levis, R.J., “High Speed DNA Sequencing in the Gas Phase,” 1993, Proceedings of the SPIE Biomedical Optics Society Meeting on Advances in DNA Sequencing, 1993, 1891, 102.
    161.    
  161. Levis, R.J., Romano, L.J., Rajan, J., Schilke, D., and DeWitt, M., “Laser Vaporization and REMPI TOF Detection for DNA Sequencing,” Proceedings of the 1992 Conference on Instrumentation for Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry, Chestnut Ridge, NY, Nov. 1992.
    162.    
  162. Romano, L.J. and Levis, R.J., “Nondestructive laser vaporization of high molecular weight, single-stranded DNA,” The Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1991, 113, 9665.
  163. Romano, L.J. and Levis, R.J., “Laser vaporization of single-stranded DNA. A study of photoinduced phosphodiester bond scission,” The Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1991, 113, 7802.