6 papers
Multiple charge transfer driven complex reaction dynamics: covalent bonding meets van der Waals interactions
Ruichao Dong, Xiaoqing Hu, Owen Dennis McGinnis +22
Ultrafast charge transfer (CT) processes redistribute electronic charge within and between molecular units and play a central role in many physical, chemical, and biological phenom…
Dynamical phase evolution of Coulomb-focused electrons in strong-field ionization probed by a standing light wave
Yuan Gu, Hao Liang, Weiran Zheng +13
We investigate the dynamical phase evolution of Coulomb-focused electrons in strong-field ionization. We diffract the electrons with an ultrashort standing light wave to track thei…
Chiral Electron Momentum Distribution upon Strong-Field Ionization of Atoms
A. Geyer, J. Stindl, I. Dwojak +14
We present a scheme to synthesize a three-dimensional laser field that produces a chiral electron momentum distribution upon strong-field ionization of atoms. Our approach employs…
Probing Instantaneous Single-Molecule Chirality in the Planar Ground State of Formic Acid
D. Tsitsonis, M. Kircher, N. M. Novikovskiy +12
We experimentally demonstrate that individual molecules of formic acid are chiral even when they are in the vibronic ground state, which has a planar equilibrium structure. We ioni…
Selective Bond Breaking in CO Induced by Photoelectron Recoil
J. Weiherer, N. Melzer, M. Kircher +16
After core-ionization of CO, typically an Auger-Meitner decay takes place, leading to the formation of a dicationic molecule that may dissociate into CO and O. We demon…
Experimental Observation of Non-Exponential Auger-Meitner Decay of Inner-Shell-Excited CO
M. Weller, G. Kastirke, J. Rist +10
Electronically excited atoms or molecules may deexcite by emission of a secondary electron through an Auger-Meitner decay. This deexcitation process is typically considered to be e…