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Measurement of Ultrafast Vibrational Coherences in Polyatomic Radical Cations with Strong-Field Adiabatic Ionization
Published on: August 6, 2018
Excited ions in intense femtosecond laser pulses: laser-induced recombination
I D Williams1, J McKenna, J Wood
1Department of Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom. i.williams@qub.ac.uk
Abstract:
Electron-ion recombination in a laser-induced electron recollision is of fundamental importance as the underlying mechanism responsible for the generation of high-harmonic radiation and hence for the production of attosecond pulse trains in the extreme ultraviolet and soft x-ray spectral regions. By using an ion beam target, remotely prepared to be partially in long-lived excited states, the recombination process has for the first time been directly observed and studied.

