The quantum chemistry of attosecond molecular science

A Palacios, F Martín - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
With the advent of attosecond light pulses at the beginning of this century, the possibility to
perform real‐time observations of electron motion in molecules has spurred impressive …

H2: the benchmark molecule for ultrafast science and technologies

H Ibrahim, C Lefebvre, AD Bandrauk… - Journal of Physics B …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Ion-Energy Dependence of Asymmetric Dissociation of by a Two-Color Laser Field

D Ray, F He, S De, W Cao, H Mashiko, P Ranitovic… - Physical review …, 2009 - APS
Two-color (800 and 400 nm) short (45 fs) linearly polarized pulses are used to ionize and
dissociate D 2 into a neutral deuterium atom and a deuteron. The yields and energies of the …

Control of electron localization in deuterium molecular ions using an attosecond pulse train and a many-cycle infrared pulse

KP Singh, F He, P Ranitovic, W Cao, S De, D Ray… - Physical review …, 2010 - APS
We demonstrate an experimental control of electron localization in deuterium molecular ions
created and dissociated by the combined action of an attosecond pulse train and a many …

Electron Localization in Molecular Fragmentation of <?format ?>by Carrier-Envelope Phase Stabilized Laser Pulses

M Kremer, B Fischer, B Feuerstein, VLB de Jesus… - Physical review …, 2009 - APS
Fully differential data for H 2 dissociation in ultrashort (6 fs, 760 nm), linearly polarized,
intense (0.44 PW/cm 2) laser pulses with a stabilized carrier-envelope phase (CEP) were …

Subcycle controlled charge-directed reactivity with few-cycle midinfrared pulses

I Znakovskaya, P Von Den Hoff, G Marcus… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
The steering of electron motion in molecules is accessible with waveform-controlled few-
cycle laser light and may control the outcome of light-induced chemical reactions. An optical …

(Sub-) femtosecond control of molecular reactions via tailoring the electric field of light

MF Kling, P Von Den Hoff, I Znakovskaya… - Physical Chemistry …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Strong Field Electron Emission from Fixed in Space Ions

M Odenweller, N Takemoto, A Vredenborg, K Cole… - Physical Review Letters, 2011 - APS
We have studied electron emission from the H 2+ ion by a circularly polarized laser pulse
(800 nm,<? format?> 6× 10 14 W/cm 2). The electron momentum distribution in the body …

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 …

Understanding the role of phase in chemical bond breaking with coincidence angular streaking

J Wu, M Magrakvelidze, LPH Schmidt… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
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 …