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Probing Dynamics in Polyatomic Molecules Using High Harmonic Generation: the Role of Ionization Continua

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Ultrafast Phenomena XVI

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We show that to understand harmonic generation from molecules undergoing a large change in configuration, multiple ionization continua must be considered. After exciting large amplitude vibrations in an N2O4 dimer, bright bursts of harmonics are emitted at the outer turning point of the vibration.

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  1. JILA and Dept. of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA

    Wen Li, Xibin Zhou, Robynne Lock, Margaret Murnane & Henry Kapteyn

  2. Steacie Institute of Molecular Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, K1A0R6, Canada

    Serguei Patchkovskii, Olga Smirnova & Albert Stolow

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  1. National Research Council Canada, Sussex Drive 100, Ottawa, K1A 0R6, Canada

    Paul Corkum

  2. Dipto. Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano, 20133, Italy

    Sandro Silvestri

  3. Technology (MIT), Massachusetts Institute of, Massachusetts Ave. 77, Cambridge, 02139, USA

    Keith A. Nelson

  4. Sektion Physik, Univ. München, Oettingenstr. 67, München, 80538, Germany

    Eberhard Riedle

  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Cyclotron Road 1, Berkeley, 94720, USA

    Robert W. Schoenlein

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Li, W. et al. (2009). Probing Dynamics in Polyatomic Molecules Using High Harmonic Generation: the Role of Ionization Continua. In: Corkum, P., Silvestri, S., Nelson, K., Riedle, E., Schoenlein, R. (eds) Ultrafast Phenomena XVI. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 92. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-95946-5_21

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