Title :
Dissociative ionization of an aligned molecular sample
Author :
Nichols, Sarah R. ; Pearson, Brett J. ; Gibson, George ; Weinacht, Thomas C.
Author_Institution :
Department of Physics, Stony Brook University, NY 11794-3800 USA
Abstract :
We investigate dissociative ionization of aligned N2 molecules using intense ultrafast laser pulses. We find surprising differences in the yields of N2++, N+(1, 0) and N+(1, 1) as a function of molecular axis-laser polarization angle.
Keywords :
Ionization; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Physics; Polarization; Probes; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431107
