Resonant excitation during strong-field dissociative ionization

Journal Article · Sat Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 2005 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.72.041402· OSTI ID:20718667

Alnaser, A S; Zamkov, M; Tong, X M; Maharjan, C M; Ranitovic, P; Cocke, C L; Litvinyuk, I V ^[1]

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1. J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Physics Department, Kansas State University, 116 Cardwell Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 66506 (United States)

We studied dissociative ionization of oxygen by intense femtosecond laser pulses with central wavelengths between 550 and 1800 nm. We measured kinetic energy release spectra and angular distributions of fragments resulting from symmetric dissociation of doubly charged molecular ions (O{sub 2}{sup 2+}{yields}O{sup +}+O{sup +} channel). In the kinetic energy release spectra we identified a number of distinct excited states of the molecular ion. Angular distributions for all but one of those states were consistent with recollision excitation following single ionization of O{sub 2}. For the remaining (B {sup 3}{pi}{sub g}) excited state we observed a characteristic resonant dependence of its relative yield on the central optical frequency of the pulse, with the yield peaking at around 890 nm. This presents unambiguous evidence in support of importance of resonant excitation channels in strong field ionization of molecules.

• OSTI ID: 20718667
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 72; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
DISSOCIATION
EXCITATION
EXCITED STATES
KINETIC ENERGY
LASER RADIATION
MOLECULAR IONS
MOLECULES
OXYGEN
OXYGEN IONS
PEROXIDES
PHOTOIONIZATION
PHOTON-MOLECULE COLLISIONS
PULSES
WAVELENGTHS