XUV ionization of aligned molecules

Journal Article · Tue Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2011 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.84.051404· OSTI ID:22093439

Kelkensberg, F.; Siu, W.; Gademann, G. ^[1]; Rouzee, A.; Vrakking, M. J. J. ^[1]; Johnsson, P. ^[1]; Lucchini, M. ^[2]; Lucchese, R. R. ^[3]

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1. FOM Institute AMOLF, Science Park 104, NL-1098 XG Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2. Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie CNR-IFN, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano (Italy)
3. Department of Chemistry, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255 (United States)

New extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) light sources such as high-order-harmonic generation (HHG) and free-electron lasers (FELs), combined with laser-induced alignment techniques, enable novel methods for making molecular movies based on measuring molecular frame photoelectron angular distributions. Experiments are presented where CO{sub 2} molecules were impulsively aligned using a near-infrared laser and ionized using femtosecond XUV pulses obtained by HHG. Measured electron angular distributions reveal contributions from four orbitals and the onset of the influence of the molecular structure.

• OSTI ID: 22093439
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 84, Issue 5; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
CARBON DIOXIDE
ELECTRONS
EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
FREE ELECTRON LASERS
HARMONIC GENERATION
IONIZATION
LASER RADIATION
LIGHT SOURCES
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
MOLECULES
NEAR INFRARED RADIATION
PHOTON-MOLECULE COLLISIONS
PULSES