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Title: Strong-field control of H$$^{+}_{3}$$ production from methanol dications: Selecting between local and extended formation mechanisms

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5129946· OSTI ID:1839519

Using the partly deuterated methanol (CD3OH), the ratio of D2H+ to D$$^{+}_{3}$$ formation is manipulated by changing the characteristics of the intense femtosecond laser pulse. Detection of D2H+ indicates a formation process involving two hydrogen atoms from the methyl side of the molecule and a proton from the hydroxyl side, while detection of D$$^{+}_{3}$$ indicates local formation involving only the methyl group. Both mechanisms are thought to involve a neutral D2 moiety. An adaptive control strategy that employs image-based feedback to guide the learning algorithm results in an enhancement of the D2H+/D$$^{+}_{3}$$ ratio by a factor of approximately two. Furthermore, the optimized pulses have secondary structures 110–210 fs after the main pulse and result in photofragments that have different kinetic energy release distributions than those produced from near transform limited pulses. Systematic changes to the linear chirp and higher order dispersion terms of the laser pulse are compared to the results obtained with the optimized pulse shapes.

Research Organization:
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-86ER13491
OSTI ID:
1839519
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1597141
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 152, Issue 5; ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 14 works
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