ROLE OF ELECTRON LOCALIZATION IN INTENSE-FIELD MOLECULAR IONIZATION

Authors
SEIDEMAN T IVANOV MY CORKUM PB
Citation
T. Seideman et al., ROLE OF ELECTRON LOCALIZATION IN INTENSE-FIELD MOLECULAR IONIZATION, Physical review letters, 75(15), 1995, pp. 2819-2822
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
75
Issue
15
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2819 - 2822
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1995)75:15<2819:ROELII>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The rate of nonlinear ionization is strongly enhanced as a molecule is stretched beyond its equilibrium internuclear separation, reaching a peak rate that is many orders of magnitude greater than that at either small or large distances. The enhancement results from nonadiabatic e lectron localization near the nuclei and its presence is insensitive t o the laser frequency and intensity. Most intense-field dissociative i onization experiments are influenced by this effect.