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Published on: February 4, 2017
Probing H_{2} Double Ionization with Bicircular Laser Fields
Zhenning Guo1, Zhihe Zhang2, Yongkai Deng1
1State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Abstract:
We present a kinematically complete study on strong-field double ionization of H_{2} molecules in two-color bicircular laser fields. The releasing times of electrons and protons are recorded with the double-hand attoclock. We observe the relative emission angles of two electrons oscillate with the kinetic energy release of protons, indicating the internal concerted four-body fragmentation. Using a three-dimensional molecular semiclassical ensemble model, we have disentangled the attosecond correlated electron emission in H_{2} double ionization. This work reveals the strong electron-nuclear coupling in the molecular bond breaking and may open up a new approach to experimentally accessing the intramolecular electron and bond dynamics with bicircular fields.

