Laser-polarization-dependent photoelectron angular distributions from polar molecules

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 24198-24209

  Zhu, Xiaosong ^a   Zhang, Qingbin ^a   Hong, Weiyi ^a   Lu, Peixiang ^a,b   Xu, Zhizhan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LASERS; CO MOLECULE; ELLIPTICAL POLARIZATION; MAJOR AXIS; MINOR AXIS; PHOTOELECTRON ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS; POLAR MOLECULES; POLARIZED LASERS;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

CARBON MONOXIDE; ELECTRONS; LASERS; MICROMANIPULATION; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 82055186737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.024198     Document Type: Article

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