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Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS
We report experimental results related to the effect of laser polarization
on the angular distributions of ions produced by the interaction of high-in
tensity short laser pulse radiation with CS2, OCS, CO2 and CH3I. Using time
-of-flight mass spectrometry and laser pulses of 200 fs at 800 and 400 nm a
nd 500 fs at 248 and 497 nm we have observed strong laser-induced alignment
of the singly and multiply charged fragments along and/or perpendicular to
the direction of the electric field of the laser light. The dependence of
the observed effects on laser wavelength and intensity has been studied. Th
e results are shown to contribute to the elucidation of the alignment mecha
nism.