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Published on: February 4, 2017
Enhancing high-order above-threshold dissociation of H2+ beams with few-cycle laser pulses
J McKenna1, A M Sayler, F Anis
1J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.
Abstract:
High-order (three-photon or more) above-threshold dissociation (ATD) of H(2)(+) has generally not been observed using 800 nm light. We demonstrate a strong enhancement of its probability using intense 7 fs laser pulses interacting with beams of H(2)(+), HD(+), and D(2)(+) ions. The mechanism invokes a dynamic control of the dissociation pathway. These measurements are supported by theory that additionally reveals, for the first time, an unexpectedly large contribution to ATD from highly excited electronic states.
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