Pulse width effect on the dissociation probability of CH4 + in the intense femtosecond laser field

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1269-1272

  Wang, Cao ^a,b,c   Song, Di ^a,c   Liu, Yuyan ^b   Kong, Fan'Ao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dissociation probability; Femtosecond laser; Field assisted dissociation; Intense laser fields; Laser pulse width; Methane

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748932181     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-1269-z     Document Type: Article

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