Alignment independence of the instantaneous ionization rate for nitrogen molecules

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Zeidler, D ^a,b   Bardon, A B ^a,c   Staudte, A ^a,d   Villeneuve, D M ^a   Dorner R ^d   Corkum, P B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

^c MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IONIZATION; PHOTONS;

MULTIPHOTON SINGLE IONIZATION; NITROGEN MOLECULES; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; TUNNELLING IONIZATION;

NITROGEN;

EID: 33645665242     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/39/7/L03     Document Type: Article

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