Strong laser alignment of solvent-solute aggregates in the gas-phase

Abstract

Strong quasi-adiabatic laser alignment of the indole-water-dimer clusters, an amino-acid chromophore bound to a single water molecule through a hydrogen bond, was experimentally realized. The alignment was visualized through ion and electron imaging following strong-field ionization. Molecular-frame photoelectron angular distributions showed a clear suppression of electron yield in the plane of the ionizing laser's polarization, which was analyzed as strong alignment of the molecular cluster with $⟨{\cos }^2{\theta }_{2D}⟩\ge$ 0.9.

7 pages, 3 figures

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