Strong field-induced quantum dynamics in atoms and small molecules

S Eckart - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
High-intensity laser fields can ionize atoms and molecules and also initiate molecular
dissociation. This review is on the recent progress made using experiments that harness the …

Light-induced ultrafast molecular dynamics: from photochemistry to optochemistry

H Li, X Gong, H Ni, P Lu, X Luo, J Wen… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
By precisely controlling the waveform of ultrashort laser fields, electronic and nuclear
motions in molecules can be steered on extremely short time scales, even in the attosecond …

Production Coming from Single-Event Electron Impact

AB Monteiro-Carvalho, L Sigaud, EC Montenegro - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
In CO 2-rich atmospheres that are always exposed to ionizing radiation (eg, Venus and
Mars), every fragmentation process can significantly impact the inventory of moieties present …

Abiotic molecular oxygen production—Ionic pathway from sulfur dioxide

M Wallner, M Jarraya, E Olsson, V Ideböhn… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Molecular oxygen, O2, is vital to life on Earth and possibly also on exoplanets. Although the
biogenic processes leading to its accumulation in Earth's atmosphere are well understood …

Direct dioxygen evolution in collisions of carbon dioxide with surfaces

Y Yao, P Shushkov, TF Miller III, KP Giapis - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
The intramolecular conversion of CO2 to molecular oxygen is an exotic reaction, rarely
observed even with extreme optical or electronic excitation means. Here we show that this …

Strong-field-induced bond rearrangement in triatomic molecules

S Zhao, B Jochim, P Feizollah, J Rajput, F Ziaee, KR P… - Physical Review A, 2019 - APS
A comparative study of bond rearrangement is reported for the double ionization of three
triatomic molecules: carbon dioxide, carbonyl sulfide, and water (D 2 O). Specifically, we …

Timing Dissociative Ionization of Using a Polarization-Skewed Femtosecond Laser Pulse

Q Ji, S Pan, P He, J Wang, P Lu, H Li, X Gong, K Lin… - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
We experimentally observe the bond stretching time of one-photon and net-two-photon
dissociation pathways of singly ionized H 2 molecules driven by a polarization-skewed …

Two-and three-body fragmentation of multiply charged tribromomethane by ultrafast laser pulses

S Bhattacharyya, K Borne, F Ziaee, S Pathak… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigate the two-and three-body fragmentation of tribromomethane (bromoform,
CHBr3) resulting from multiple ionization by 28-femtosecond near-infrared laser pulses with …

Fragmentation Dynamics of a Carbon Dioxide Dication Produced by Ion Impact

H Yuan, S Xu, E Wang, J Xu, Y Gao, X Zhu… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The response of carbon dioxide to radiolysis is crucial for understanding the atmospheric
chemistry of planets. Here, we present a combined experimental and theoretical …

Delayed Dissociation and Transient Isomerization during the Ultrafast Photodissociation of the Tribromomethane Cation

S Bhattacharyya, E Wang, K Borne… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We present a time-resolved measurement of the photodissociation and photoisomerization
dynamics of bromoform (CHBr3) in the mono-and di-cationic states produced by near …