Photoelectron angular distributions from strong-field ionization of oriented molecules

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 428-432

  Holmegaard, Lotte ^a   Hansen, Jonas L ^a   Kalhøj, Line ^a   Louise Kragh, Sofie ^a   Stapelfeldt, Henrik ^a   Filsinger, Frank ^b   Küpper, Jochen ^b   Meijer, Gerard ^b   Dimitrovski, Darko ^a   Abu Samha, Mahmoud ^a   Martiny, Christian P J ^a   Bojer Madsen, Lars ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DIPOLE MOMENT; ELECTRON EMISSION; LIGHT SOURCES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULES; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; ELECTRONIC ORBITALS; NEUTRAL MOLECULES; NONPOLAR MOLECULES; PERMANENT DIPOLES; PHOTOELECTRON ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL ORIENTATIONS; STRONG FIELD IONIZATION;

PHOTOIONIZATION;

EID: 77953135856     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1666     Document Type: Article

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