Complete Characterization of Molecular Dynamics in Ultrashort Laser Fields

B. Feuerstein, Th. Ergler, A. Rudenko, K. Zrost, C. D. Schröter, R. Moshammer, J. Ullrich, T. Niederhausen, and U. Thumm
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 153002 – Published 10 October 2007

Abstract

Reaction Microscope-based, complete, and time-resolved Coulomb explosion imaging of vibrating and dissociating D2+ 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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  • Received 11 May 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.153002

©2007 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

B. Feuerstein*, Th. Ergler, A. Rudenko, K. Zrost, C. D. Schröter, R. Moshammer, and J. Ullrich

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69029 Heidelberg, Germany

T. Niederhausen and U. Thumm

  • James R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-2604, USA

  • *feuerstb@mpi-hd.mpg.de
  • thumm@phys.ksu.edu

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Vol. 99, Iss. 15 — 12 October 2007

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