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<term>
  <id>12555</id>
  <title>resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.12555</doi>
  <code>12555</code>
  <status>current</status>
  <acronym><em>acronym</em>: REMPI</acronym>
  <synonym><em>synonym</em>: resonance ionization</synonym>
  <definitions>
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      <id>1</id>
      <text>Multiphoton ionization in which the ionization cross section is significantly enhanced because the energy of the incident photons is resonant with an intermediate excited state of the neutral.</text>
      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 2013, 85, 1515. 'Definitions of terms relating to mass spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)' on page 1586 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06)</item>
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  <citation>Citation: 'resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.12555</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-05-08T02:06:30+00:00</accessed>
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