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Title: Linear- and circular-polarization photoionization angular distributions in H{sub 2} and H{sub 2}{sup +} by attosecond 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 solutions of the time-dependent Schroedinger equation, using a new unitary numerical method, are used to obtain gauge-independent photoionization angular distributions for two-dimensional (planar) models of aligned H{sub 2} and H{sub 2}{sup +} molecules in different electronic states. Simulations are performed with few-cycle attosecond (as) extreme-ultraviolet (xuv) laser pulses at wavelengths {lambda}= 10 nm [{omega}= 4.56 a.u. (atomic units), {tau}=2{pi}/{omega}= 1.38 a.u. = 33.4 as], and {lambda}= 5 nm ({omega}= 9.11 a.u., {tau}= 16.7 as) for linear and circular polarization ionizations at R{sub e}=1.675 a.u., where molecular orbital configurations dominate for which the electron wavelengths {lambda}{sub e{>=}}R{sub e} and at large internuclear distance R=10 a.u. ({lambda}{sub e}<R) where Heitler-London atomic configurations including ionic states H{sup +}H{sup -} are more appropriate. The simulations allow one to investigate the effects of electron correlation and entanglement in H{sub 2} at different R due to electron spin exchange as compared to the delocalized one-electron H{sub 2}{sup +} system. An ultrashort (delta function) pulse model is used to interpret interferences in momentum distributions.

OSTI ID:
21544660
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 83, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.043418; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English