Directional deprotonation ionization of acetylene in asymmetric two-color laser fields

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Abstract

We experimentally investigate the deprotonation dissociative double ionization of an acetylene molecule by an asymmetric two-color laser pulse. We find that the ejection direction of the proton, and hence the directional C-H bond breaking of a polyatomic hydrocarbon molecule, can be controlled by finely tuning the phase of a two-color laser pulse.

Original languageEnglish
Article number094007
JournalJournal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Volume48
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 May 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • hydrocarbon molecule
  • strong-field ionization
  • two-color laser pulse

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