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Register a new userGeneralized phase-sensitivity of directional bond-breaking in laser-molecule interaction
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Markus Kitzler-Zeiler
Publication date
2020
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Physics
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English
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We establish a generalized picture of the phase-sensitivity of laser-induced directional bond-breaking using the H$_2$ molecule as the example. We show that the well-known proton ejection anisotropy measured with few-cycle pulses arises as an amplitude-modulation of an intrinsic anisotropy that is sensitive to the laser phase at the ionization time and determined by the molecules electronic structure. Our work furthermore reveals a strong electron-proton correlation that may open up a new approach to experimentally accessing the laser-sub-cycle intramolecular electron dynamics also in large molecules.
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