Tracking nuclear wave-packet dynamics in molecular oxygen ions with few-cycle infrared laser pulses

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De, S
Bocharova, IA
Magrakvelidze, M
Ray, D
Cao, W
Bergues, B
Thumm, U
Kling, MF
Litvinyuk, IV
Cocke, CL
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2010
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We have tracked nuclear wave-packet dynamics in doubly charged states of molecular oxygen using few-cycle infrared laser pulses. Bound and dissociating wave packets were launched and subsequently probed via a pair of 8-fs pulses of 790 nm radiation. Ionic fragments from the dissociating molecules were monitored by velocity-map imaging. Pronounced oscillations in the delay-dependent kinetic energy release spectra were observed. The occurrence of vibrational revivals permits us to identify the potential curves of the O{sub2} dication which are most relevant to the molecular dynamics. These studies show the accessibility to the dynamics of such higher-charged molecules.

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Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)

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82

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1

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Mathematical sciences

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Atomic and molecular physics

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