Laser-induced multiple ionization of molecular ion beams: N2 +, CO+, NO+, and O2 +

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Gaire, B ^a   McKenna, J ^a   Johnson, Nora G ^a   Sayler, A M ^a   Parke, E ^a   Carnes, K D ^a   Ben Itzhak, I ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE STATE; FRAGMENTATION CHANNELS; FRAGMENTATION MECHANISM; IONIC PRODUCTS; KINETIC ENERGY RELEASE; LASER INDUCED; MOLECULAR ION BEAM; MOLECULAR IONS; MOMENTUM IMAGING; MULTIELECTRON DISSOCIATIVE IONIZATION; MULTIPLE IONIZATION; NEUTRAL MOLECULES; SEQUENTIAL IONIZATION; STAIR-STEP; ULTRASHORT LASER PULSE;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; DISSOCIATION; ION SOURCES; IONIZATION; IONS; LASER BEAMS; PULSE GENERATORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 67649890641     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.063414     Document Type: Article

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51. We note that increased alignment for higher ionization stages can also be explained by geometric alignment whereby the need for higher intensity selectively ionizes aligned molecules.