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Title: Laser-induced electron diffraction in H{sub 2} with linear and circular polarization ultrashort XUV laser pulses

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Laboratoire de Chimie Theorique, Faculte des Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1K 2R1 (Canada)

Numerical solution of the time-dependent Schroedinger equation for a two-dimension model of H{sub 2} ionization by intense ultrashort (few cycles) extreme ultraviolet (XUV) laser pulses are presented to compare linear and circular polarization angular distributions for aligned molecules. Both ground (X {sup 1}SIGMA{sub g}{sup +}) and excited (A {sup 3}SIGMA{sub u}{sup +}) states ionization is calculated at equilibrium and for extended large internuclear distance configurations to study the effect of electron delocalization via molecular orbitals vs electron localization in Heitler-London atomic wave functions. It is found that at large distance for ionized electron wavelengths less than the internuclear distance, circular polarization ionization angular distributions exhibit signature of the entanglement of electrons by exchange, thus, allowing for a measure of exchange entanglement.

OSTI ID:
21352282
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 80, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.061403; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English