Disentangling molecular alignment and enhanced ionization in intense laser fields

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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.59.R3170
Author	Search for: Ellert, Ch.¹; Search for: Corkum, P. B.²
Name affiliation	National Research Council Canada National Research Council Canada. Security and Disruptive Technologies
Format	Text
Type	Article
Journal title	Physical Review A
ISSN	1050-2947 1094-1622
Volume	59
Issue	5
Pages	R3170–R3173
Abstract	Using circular and linear laser polarization for strong-field dissociative ionization we show that iodine molecules are rotationally fixed by their own moment of inertia during the dissociative ionization with a 80-fs pulse. What seems to be alignment of the fragments is created by an enhancement of the ionization rate, which is strongly dependent on the angle between the molecular axis and the laser electric-field vector. By the introduced method we can measure the degree of alignment I₂, Br₂, Cl₂, and O₂ and independently estimate the enhancement of the ionization rate for I₂
Publication date	1999-05-01
Publisher	American Physical Society
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NPARC number	21277554
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