Enhancing the intense field control of molecular fragmentation

Abstract

We describe a pump-probe scheme with which the spatial asymmetry of dissociating molecular fragments --- as controlled by the carrier-envelope phase of an intense few-cycle laser pulse --- can be enhanced by an order of magnitude or more. We illustrate the scheme using extensive, full-dimensional calculations for dissociation of H${}_2^{+}$ and include the averaging necessary for comparison with experiment.

5 pages, 4 figues

References in corpus (2)

• Attosecond control of electron dynamics in carbon monoxide
• Unitary theory of laser Carrier-Envelope Phase effects

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