Electron emission and fragmentation of molecules in intense laser fields

G. Prümper; T. Hatamoto; M. Okunishi; D. Mathur

doi:10.1117/12.750100

19 July 2007 Electron emission and fragmentation of molecules in intense laser fields

G. Prümper, T. Hatamoto, M. Okunishi, D. Mathur

Proceedings Volume 6726, ICONO 2007: Physics of Intense and Superintense Laser Fields; Attosecond Pulses; Quantum and Atomic Optics; and Engineering of Quantum Information; 672603 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.750100
Event: The International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics, 2007, Minsk, Belarus

Abstract

We have constructed an apparatus for high-resolution electron spectroscopy and electron-ion coincidence experiments on gas-phase molecules in intense laser fields. The apparatus comprises an electron time-of-flight (TOF) spectrometer and an ion TOF spectrometer with a position detector, placed on either side of an effusive molecular beam. The ionizing radiation is either the fundamental (800 nm wavelength) of a Ti:sapphire laser or frequency doubled 400-nm light, with pulse durations of ~ 150 fs and the repetition rate of 1 kHz. We have investigated the electron emission and fragmentation of linear alcohol molecules, methanol, ethanol and 1-propanol, in laser fields with peak intensities up to ~ 1×10¹⁴ W/cm². Details of our apparatus are described along with an overview of some recent results.

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G. Prümper, T. Hatamoto, M. Okunishi, and D. Mathur "Electron emission and fragmentation of molecules in intense laser fields", Proc. SPIE 6726, ICONO 2007: Physics of Intense and Superintense Laser Fields; Attosecond Pulses; Quantum and Atomic Optics; and Engineering of Quantum Information, 672603 (19 July 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.750100

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