Probing time-dependent molecular dipoles on the attosecond time scale

Neidel C, Klei J, Yang CH, Rouzée A, Vrakking MJ, Klünder K, Miranda M, Arnold CL, Fordell T, L'Huillier A, Gisselbrecht M, Johnsson P, Dinh MP, Suraud E, Reinhard PG, Despré V, Marques MA, Lépine F (2013)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

Physical Review Letters American Physical Society

Book Volume: 111

Article Number: 033001

Journal Issue: 3

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.033001

Abstract

Photoinduced molecular processes start with the interaction of the instantaneous electric field of the incident light with the electronic degrees of freedom. This early attosecond electronic motion impacts the fate of the photoinduced reactions. We report the first observation of attosecond time scale electron dynamics in a series of small- and medium-sized neutral molecules (N2, CO2, and C2H4), monitoring time-dependent variations of the parent molecular ion yield in the ionization by an attosecond pulse, and thereby probing the time-dependent dipole induced by a moderately strong near-infrared laser field. This approach can be generalized to other molecular species and may be regarded as a first example of molecular attosecond Stark spectroscopy. © 2013 American Physical Society.

Authors with CRIS profile

Paul-Gerhard Reinhard Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Involved external institutions

Lund University / Lunds universitet SE Sweden (SE) Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. / Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy DE Germany (DE) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier FR France (FR) Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCB) FR France (FR)

How to cite

APA:

Neidel, C., Klei, J., Yang, C.H., Rouzée, A., Vrakking, M.J., Klünder, K.,... Lépine, F. (2013). Probing time-dependent molecular dipoles on the attosecond time scale. Physical Review Letters, 111(3). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.033001

MLA:

Neidel, Ch, et al. "Probing time-dependent molecular dipoles on the attosecond time scale." Physical Review Letters 111.3 (2013).

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