Ultra-short laser pulse interaction with large molecule and cluster

Author

Nishihara, K. ; Zhakhovskii, V. ; Amitani, H. ; Esirkepov, T.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Laser Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

Coulomb explosion of fullerene, benzene and proton cluster induced in an interaction with an intense femtosecond laser pulse has been investigated with the use of MD and PIC simulations. Simulations reveal different ionization processes in the large molecules and an acceleration mechanism of GeV protons in the cluster.

Keywords

atomic clusters; field ionisation; fullerenes; hydrogen ions; laser beam effects; molecule-photon collisions; organic compounds; photodissociation; photoionisation; C/sub 60/; Coulomb explosion; PIC simulations; acceleration mechanism; benzene; cascade hopping of electrons; cluster ions; fullerene; intense femtosecond laser pulse; ionization processes; large molecules; laser matter interactions; molecular dynamics simulations; optical field ionization; ponderomotive force; proton cluster; tunneling ionization; ultrashort laser pulse interaction; Acceleration; Atom optics; Electron optics; Explosions; Ionization; Optical pulses; Particle beam optics; Polarization; Protons; Tunneling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967863

Filename

967863