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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 103004 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 114 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Publication status | Published - 13 Mar 2015 |
Abstract
Strong-field ionization of aligned diatomic and polyatomic molecules such as O2, N2, C2H4, and others in circularly polarized laser fields is investigated theoretically. By calculating the emission-angle-resolved lateral width of the momentum distribution perpendicular to the polarization plane, we show that nodal planes in molecular orbitals are directly imprinted on the angular dependence of the width. We demonstrate that orbital symmetries can be distinguished with the information obtained by observing the lateral width in addition to the angular distributions.
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T1 - Signatures of Molecular Orbital Structure in Lateral Electron Momentum Distributions from Strong-Field Ionization
AU - Petersen, Ingo
AU - Henkel, Jost
AU - Lein, Manfred
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2015 American Physical Society. Copyright: Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/3/13
Y1 - 2015/3/13
N2 - Strong-field ionization of aligned diatomic and polyatomic molecules such as O2, N2, C2H4, and others in circularly polarized laser fields is investigated theoretically. By calculating the emission-angle-resolved lateral width of the momentum distribution perpendicular to the polarization plane, we show that nodal planes in molecular orbitals are directly imprinted on the angular dependence of the width. We demonstrate that orbital symmetries can be distinguished with the information obtained by observing the lateral width in addition to the angular distributions.
AB - Strong-field ionization of aligned diatomic and polyatomic molecules such as O2, N2, C2H4, and others in circularly polarized laser fields is investigated theoretically. By calculating the emission-angle-resolved lateral width of the momentum distribution perpendicular to the polarization plane, we show that nodal planes in molecular orbitals are directly imprinted on the angular dependence of the width. We demonstrate that orbital symmetries can be distinguished with the information obtained by observing the lateral width in addition to the angular distributions.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.103004
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.103004
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