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Direct Imaging of Laser-driven Ultrafast Molecular Rotation
Published on: February 4, 2017
Complete characterization of molecular dynamics in ultrashort laser fields
B Feuerstein1, Th Ergler, A Rudenko
1Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69029 Heidelberg, Germany. feuerstb@mpi-hd.mpg.de
Abstract:
Reaction Microscope-based, complete, and time-resolved Coulomb explosion imaging of vibrating and dissociating D(2)(+) molecules with femtosecond time-resolution allowed us to perform an internuclear distance (R-)dependent Fourier analysis of the corresponding wave packets. Calculations demonstrate that the obtained two-dimensional R-dependent frequency spectra enable the complete characterization of the wave packet dynamics and directly visualize the field-modified molecular potential curves in intense, ultrashort laser pulses.
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