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Thomann, I.; Lock, R.; Sharma, V.; Gagnon, E.; Pratt, S.T.; Kapteyn, H.C.; Murnane, M.M.; Li, W.
Argonne National Laboratory (United States). Funding organisation: USDOE Office of Science (United States); National Science Foundation (United States)2009
Argonne National Laboratory (United States). Funding organisation: USDOE Office of Science (United States); National Science Foundation (United States)2009
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[en] We present a novel method for determining the angular dependence of molecular photoionization, by measuring time-dependent ionization yields from transiently aligned molecules. This method allows us to map the angular dependence of nondissociative singlephoton ionization for molecules (N2 and CO2) for the first time. Knowledge of the angular dependence of molecular ionization cross sections is fundamental to basic molecular physics as well as being relevant to strong-field physics. However, the ability to directly measure the angular dependence of ionization in free molecules has been very limited. By combining intense femtosecond laser pulses to transiently align a molecular sample, with few-femtosecond high harmonic extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) pulses, a new capability arises for directly measuring the angular dependence of molecular single-photon ionization. They present the first experimental determination of the angular dependence of nondissociative single photon ionization. Theu use femtosecond EUV pulses to measure the yield of single-photon non-dissociative molecular ionization as a function of time (angle) as a molecule is undergoing field-free alignment. They present results for N2 and CO2.
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1 Jan 2009; 3 p; 16. International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena; Stresa (Italy); 9-13 Jun 2008; AC02-06CH11357; Available from Springer, New York, NY (US); Ultrafast Phenomena XVI, Springer Series in Chemical Physics, Vol. 92, No.1, pages 72-74 (2009); edited by P. Corkum, et al.
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