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, Volume 52, Issue 4, pp 421–434 | Cite as

Single and multiple ionization of N2 molecules by intense light fields of femtosecond duration

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Abstract

We report studies on the multiple ionization of the N2 molecule using intense, femtosecond laser pulses. We present details of the experimental characterisation of the light pulses and analysis and detection of the ions produced. Precautions to be taken in intense field ionization experiments are discussed. We illustrate the retrieval of information about different aspects of the ionization process (such as, kinetic energies of the fragments produced, dissociation bond lengths and information on the precursors to fragmentation) using coincidence techniques. We report results of the first measurements of the angular distribution of a highly charged fragment, N3+.

Keywords

Intense laser fields molecules ionization time-of-flight spectrometry 

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33.80 42.62 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchMumbaiIndia

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