Theoretical study of carrier-envelope phase effects on the 3D momentum distribution of H2+ dissociation fragments

The carrier-envelope phase (CEP) of few-cycle laser pulses can be used to control the strong-field dynamics of atoms and molecules. To study CEP effects in H2+, we have solved the time-dependent Schoedinger equation including nuclear vibration and rotation as well as electronic excitation, only ionization is excluded. Including nuclear rotation is essential to obtaining results directly comparable with experiment such as the momentum distribution. We show that the momentum distribution is quite sensitive to the CEP.