Frustrated tunneling ionization during laser-induced D{sub 2} fragmentation: Detection of excited metastable D{sup *} atoms
Abstract
In a recent Letter, Manschwetus et al.[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 113002 (2009)] reported evidence of electron recapture during strong-field fragmentation of H{sub 2}--explained using a frustrated tunneling ionization model. Unusually, the signature of this process was detection of excited H{sup *} atoms. We report here an extensive study of this process in D{sub 2}. Our measurements encompass a study of the pulse duration, intensity, ellipticity, and angular distribution dependence of D{sup *} formation. While we find that the mechanism suggested by Manschwetus et al. is consistent with our experimental data, our theoretical work shows that electron recollision excitation cannot be completely ruled out as an alternative mechanism for D{sup *} production.
- Authors:
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506 (United States)
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 22095382
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 84; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ATOMS; DETECTION; DEUTERIUM; ELECTRONS; EXCITATION; FRAGMENTATION; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION; LASERS; TUNNEL EFFECT
Citation Formats
McKenna, J., Zeng, S., Hua, J. J., Sayler, A. M., Zohrabi, M., Johnson, Nora G., Gaire, B., Carnes, K. D., Esry, B. D., and Ben-Itzhak, I. Frustrated tunneling ionization during laser-induced D{sub 2} fragmentation: Detection of excited metastable D{sup *} atoms. United States: N. p., 2011.
Web. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVA.84.043425.
McKenna, J., Zeng, S., Hua, J. J., Sayler, A. M., Zohrabi, M., Johnson, Nora G., Gaire, B., Carnes, K. D., Esry, B. D., & Ben-Itzhak, I. Frustrated tunneling ionization during laser-induced D{sub 2} fragmentation: Detection of excited metastable D{sup *} atoms. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.84.043425
McKenna, J., Zeng, S., Hua, J. J., Sayler, A. M., Zohrabi, M., Johnson, Nora G., Gaire, B., Carnes, K. D., Esry, B. D., and Ben-Itzhak, I. 2011.
"Frustrated tunneling ionization during laser-induced D{sub 2} fragmentation: Detection of excited metastable D{sup *} atoms". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.84.043425.
@article{osti_22095382,
title = {Frustrated tunneling ionization during laser-induced D{sub 2} fragmentation: Detection of excited metastable D{sup *} atoms},
author = {McKenna, J. and Zeng, S. and Hua, J. J. and Sayler, A. M. and Zohrabi, M. and Johnson, Nora G. and Gaire, B. and Carnes, K. D. and Esry, B. D. and Ben-Itzhak, I.},
abstractNote = {In a recent Letter, Manschwetus et al.[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 113002 (2009)] reported evidence of electron recapture during strong-field fragmentation of H{sub 2}--explained using a frustrated tunneling ionization model. Unusually, the signature of this process was detection of excited H{sup *} atoms. We report here an extensive study of this process in D{sub 2}. Our measurements encompass a study of the pulse duration, intensity, ellipticity, and angular distribution dependence of D{sup *} formation. While we find that the mechanism suggested by Manschwetus et al. is consistent with our experimental data, our theoretical work shows that electron recollision excitation cannot be completely ruled out as an alternative mechanism for D{sup *} production.},
doi = {10.1103/PHYSREVA.84.043425},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22095382},
journal = {Physical Review. A},
issn = {1050-2947},
number = 4,
volume = 84,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
month = {Sat Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011}
}