Time--resolved Laser Coulomb Explosion Imaging of N$_{2}$, O$_{2}$ and CO molecular dynamics
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Abstract
We studied dissociation dynamics of nitrogen, oxygen and carbon monoxide molecules following their interaction with intense few-cycle laser pulse. Time-resolved Laser Columb Explosion Imaging (TLCEI), a pump-probe technique, was employed to measure kinetic energy release of correlated explosion fragment as a function of time delay for symmetric and assymetric break-up channels. Kinetic energy release intensity map reflects the time behavior of parts of a nuclear wave packet oscillating in potential wells and moving along unbound potential curves of many molecular ion states. Assuming experimental conditions (intensity, pulse duration) and tunneling ionization mechanism we were able to built simple classical and quantum models uncovering details of dissociation process for N$_{2}$, O$_{2}$, CO molecules which fit perfectly our experimental results.
Authors
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Irina Bocharova
Kansas State University
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Igor Litvinyuk
Kansas State University
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C. Lewis Cocke
Kansas State University
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S. De
kansas State University, Kansas State University, J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-2601, USA
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D. Ray
Kansas State University, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-2601, USA, J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-2601, USA
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Magrakvelidze Maia
Kansas State University
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Predrag Ranitovic
Kansas State University