Electron correlation in channel-resolved strong-field molecular double ionization
Abstract
Strong-field ionization plays a fundamental role in attosecond science as the source of electron wave packets which ultimately provide attosecond bursts of radiation as they are driven back to the atom or molecule of origin. Double ionization is an important probe of electron correlation (correlated electron dynamics), which lies at the core of attosecond science. While double ionization of atoms has been studied extensively, the double ionization of molecules is relatively unexplored—particularly for the case of polyatomic systems. In this work, we present coincidence (three and four particle) velocity map imaging measurements of molecular double ionization in 1,3-cyclohexadiene and 1,4-cyclohexadiene using few cycle (~10 fs) laser pulses. Our measurements allow us to distinguish between dissociative and nondissociative double ionization, and we find a difference in the correlation of electrons that come from the different channels.
- Authors:
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- Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
- Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States); State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Albany, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1800559
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-08ER15983; FG02-08ER15984
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 100; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9926
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; Optics; Physics
Citation Formats
Cheng, Chuan, Vindel-Zandbergen, Patricia, Matsika, Spiridoula, and Weinacht, Thomas. Electron correlation in channel-resolved strong-field molecular double ionization. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/physreva.100.053405.
Cheng, Chuan, Vindel-Zandbergen, Patricia, Matsika, Spiridoula, & Weinacht, Thomas. Electron correlation in channel-resolved strong-field molecular double ionization. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.100.053405
Cheng, Chuan, Vindel-Zandbergen, Patricia, Matsika, Spiridoula, and Weinacht, Thomas. Fri .
"Electron correlation in channel-resolved strong-field molecular double ionization". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.100.053405. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1800559.
@article{osti_1800559,
title = {Electron correlation in channel-resolved strong-field molecular double ionization},
author = {Cheng, Chuan and Vindel-Zandbergen, Patricia and Matsika, Spiridoula and Weinacht, Thomas},
abstractNote = {Strong-field ionization plays a fundamental role in attosecond science as the source of electron wave packets which ultimately provide attosecond bursts of radiation as they are driven back to the atom or molecule of origin. Double ionization is an important probe of electron correlation (correlated electron dynamics), which lies at the core of attosecond science. While double ionization of atoms has been studied extensively, the double ionization of molecules is relatively unexplored—particularly for the case of polyatomic systems. In this work, we present coincidence (three and four particle) velocity map imaging measurements of molecular double ionization in 1,3-cyclohexadiene and 1,4-cyclohexadiene using few cycle (~10 fs) laser pulses. Our measurements allow us to distinguish between dissociative and nondissociative double ionization, and we find a difference in the correlation of electrons that come from the different channels.},
doi = {10.1103/physreva.100.053405},
journal = {Physical Review A},
number = 5,
volume = 100,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 08 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Fri Nov 08 00:00:00 EST 2019}
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