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Molecular above-threshold ionization with a circularly polarized laser field

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Molecular above-threshold ionization by a circularly polarized laser field is investigated. Our theoretical approach is based on the modified molecular strong-field approximation. Various gauge-dependent versions of this approximation are considered and homonuclear and heteronuclear molecular species characterized by different symmetries are used as targets. As in the case of a linearly polarized field, the imprint of the molecular multicenter structure can be observed in the above-threshold ionization spectra. It manifests itself as minima in the rate of the ionized electrons as a function of their energy. The locations of these minima are strongly influenced by the symmetry of the corresponding highest occupied molecular orbital as well as the internuclear separation. Analyzing the interference structures of the electron spectra one can obtain information about the molecular symmetry.

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  1. Medical Faculty, University of Sarajevo, Čekaluša 90, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Mustafa Busuladžić

  2. Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 35, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Azra Gazibegović-Busuladžić & Dejan B. Milošević

  3. Max-Born-Institut, Max-Born-Strasse 2a, 12489, Berlin, Germany

    Wilhelm Becker & Dejan B. Milošević

  4. Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bistrik 7, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Dejan B. Milošević

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Busuladžić, M., Gazibegović-Busuladžić, A., Becker, W. et al. Molecular above-threshold ionization with a circularly polarized laser field. Eur. Phys. J. D 67, 61 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2013-30702-9

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