Attosecond control of dissociative ionization of O-2 molecules Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We demonstrate that dissociative ionization of O 2 can be controlled by the relative delay between an attosecond pulse train (APT) and a copropagating infrared (IR) field. Our experiments reveal a dependence of both the branching ratios between a range of electronic states and the fragment angular distributions on the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) to IR time delay. The observations go beyond adiabatic propagation of dissociative wave packets on IR-induced quasistatic potential energy curves and are understood in terms of an IR-induced coupling between electronic states in the molecular ion. 2011 American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • PHYSICAL REVIEW A

author list (cited authors)

  • Siu, W., Kelkensberg, F., Gademann, G., Rouzee, A., Johnsson, P., Dowek, D., ... Vrakking, M.

citation count

  • 60

complete list of authors

  • Siu, W||Kelkensberg, F||Gademann, G||Rouzée, A||Johnsson, P||Dowek, D||Lucchini, M||Calegari, F||De Giovannini, U||Rubio, A||Lucchese, RR||Kono, H||Lépine, F||Vrakking, MJJ

publication date

  • December 2011