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Studies of the interaction of intense lasers with molecules are no longer unusual. A number of workers are considering ionization and dissociation processes in these more complex systems. Several examples of the work in this field can be found elsewhere in this volume. Of particular interest is the importance of internal degrees of freedom in above threshold ionization (ATI). What are the roles played by vibration and rotation when a molecule is irradiated by an intense electric field? How are the molecular potentials affected by the laser? To date, most high intensity experiments on molecules have been performed with a limited range of laser wavelengths, either harmonic orders of a Nd:YAG laser, excimer wavelengths, or nontunable colliding pulse mode-locked dye lasers. The effects of the intense field on the internal structure of molecules have been probed only when molecular resonances were fortuitously encountered on the way to dissociation or ionization.
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Allendorf, S.W. (1992). Intense-Field Photoionization of H2 . In: Bandrauk, A.D., Wallace, S.C. (eds) Coherence Phenomena in Atoms and Molecules in Laser Fields. NATO ASI Series, vol 287. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3364-1_10
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