Adaptive strong-field control of chemical dynamics guided by three-dimensional momentum imaging

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wells, E ^a   Rallis, C E ^a   Zohrabi, M ^b   Siemering, R ^c   Jochim, Bethany ^a   Andrews, P R ^a   Ablikim, U ^b   Gaire, B ^b,e   De, S ^b,f   Carnes, K D ^b   Bergues, B ^d   De Vivie Riedle, R ^c   Kling, M F ^b,d   Ben Itzhak, I ^b  

^a AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ETHYLENE; ION;

ACETYLENE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MAPPING; MOMENTUM; PARAMETERIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL MOMENTUM IMAGING; VELOCITY;

ACETYLENE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHYLENES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IONS; LASERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84890246437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3895     Document Type: Article

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