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dc.contributor.authorBocharova, IA
dc.contributor.authorAlnaser, AS
dc.contributor.authorThumm, U
dc.contributor.authorNiederhausen, T
dc.contributor.authorRay, D
dc.contributor.authorCocke, CL
dc.contributor.authorLitvinyuk, IV
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:37:31Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:37:31Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2011-09-22T06:48:00Z
dc.identifier.issn1050-2947
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevA.83.013417
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/40882
dc.description.abstractWe studied the nuclear dynamics in diatomic molecules (N2 , O2 , and CO) following their interaction with intense near-IR few-cycle laser pulses. Using Coulomb-explosion imaging in combination with the pump-probe approach, we mapped dissociation pathways of those molecules and their molecular ions. We identi?ed all symmetric and asymmetric breakup channels for molecular ions up to N5+ 2 , O4+ 2 , and CO4+ . For each of those channels we measured the kinetic energy release (KER) spectra as a function of delay between the pump and probe pulses. For both N2 and O2 the asymmetric (3,1) channel is only observed for short (<20 fs) delays and completely disappears after that. We interpret this observation as a signature of electron localization taking place in dissociating molecular tri-cations when their internuclear separation reaches about 2.5 times the equilibrium bond length. This is a direct con?rmation that electron localization plays an essential role in the universal mechanism of enhanced ionization in homonuclear diatomic molecules. Using classical and quantum mechanical simulations of the time-dependent KER spectra, we identify the pathways and intermediate states involved in the laser-induced dissociation of those molecules.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom013417-1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto013417-17
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPhysical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
dc.relation.ispartofvolume83
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMathematical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPhysical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAtomic and molecular physics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchChemical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode49
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode51
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode510201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode34
dc.titleTime-resolved Coulomb-explosion imaging of nuclear wave-packet dynamics induced in diatomic molecules by intense few-cycle laser pulses
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorLitvinyuk, Igor


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