Abstract
A molecular electron that ionizes in a strong optical field is removed from the vicinity of the molecule in a small fraction of a period. For H2 + this exposes the protons to the full force of Coulomb repulsion. We solve the time dependent Schroedinger equations for realistic laser parameters and accurately reconstruct the initial vibrational wave function |Ψ(R)|2 by associating the fragment kinetic energy with an internuclear separation through Coulomb’s law.
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Chelkowski, S., Bandrauk, A.D., Corkum, P.B. (1998). Coulomb Explosion Imaging of H2 + . In: Ultrafast Phenomena XI. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 63. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72289-9_134
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