This review article focuses on imaging and controlling ultrafast dynamics of the hydrogen
molecule and its cation, initiated by ultrashort laser pulses. We discuss the mechanisms …

Control over various fragmentation reactions of a series of polyatomic molecules (acetylene,
ethylene, 1, 3-butadiene) by the optical waveform of intense few-cycle laser pulses is …

In view of the rapid growth in both experimental and theoretical studies of multiphoton
processes and multiphoton spectroscopy of atoms, ions and molecules in chemistry …

Laser pulses with a waveform-controlled electric field and broken inversion symmetry
establish the opportunity to achieve directional control of molecular processes on a …

We review recent progress in the control over chemical reactions by employing tailored
electric field waveforms of intense laser pulses. The sub-cycle tailoring of such waveforms …

Measurements and calculations of the absolute carrier-envelope-phase (CEP) effects in
the<? format?> photodissociation of the simplest molecule, H 2+, with a 4.5-fs Ti: sapphire …

We are pleased to present the fourteenth volume of Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser
Science. As the frontiers of ultrafast intense laser science rapidly expand ever outward, there …

Electron motion in chemical bonds occurs on an attosecond timescale. This ultrafast motion
can be driven by strong laser fields. Ultrashort asymmetric laser pulses are known to direct …

The strong coupling between intense laser fields and valence electrons in molecules causes
distortions of the potential energy hypersurfaces which determine the motion of the nuclei …

The dissociation of an H 2+ molecular-ion beam by linearly polarized, carrier-envelope-
phase-tagged 5 fs pulses at 4× 10 14 W/cm 2 with a central wavelength of 730 nm was …