Strong-Field Molecular Ionization from Multiple Orbitals

Physical Review X

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Kotur, Marija ^a   Weinacht, Thomas C ^a   Zhou, Congyi ^b   Matsika, Spiridoula ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic and Molecular Physics; Chemical Physics; Optics

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ATOMIC PHYSICS; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EXCITED STATES; GROUND STATE; INFRARED DEVICES; IONIZATION; LASER PULSES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; CHEMICAL PHYSICS; DEEP ULTRAVIOLET; EXCITED-STATES; MOLECULAR IONIZATION; NEAR INFRARED; ORBITALS; STRONG FIELD; STRONG FIELD IONIZATION; ULTRAFAST LASER PULSE;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84865118930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/physrevx.1.021010     Document Type: Article

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