Observing molecular dynamics with timed Coulomb explosion imaging

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 356, Issue 1736, 1998, Pages 329-344

  Ellert, Ch ^a   Stapelfeldt, H ^a   Constant, E ^a   Sakai, H ^a   Wright, J ^b   Rayner, D M ^a   Corkum, P B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coulomb explosion imaging; Femtosecond pump probe technique; Imaging methods; Molecular structure; Pump probe technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042922126     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1998.0168     Document Type: Article

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