Attosecond Control of Electron Dynamics in Carbon Monoxide

I. Znakovskaya, P. von den Hoff, S. Zherebtsov, A. Wirth, O. Herrwerth, M. J. J. Vrakking, R. de Vivie-Riedle, and M. F. Kling
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 103002 – Published 1 September 2009

Abstract

Laser pulses with stable electric field waveforms establish the opportunity to achieve coherent control on attosecond time scales. We present experimental and theoretical results on the steering of electronic motion in a multielectron system. A very high degree of light-waveform control over the directional emission of C+ and O+ fragments from the dissociative ionization of CO was observed. Ab initio based model calculations reveal contributions to the control related to the ionization and laser-induced population transfer between excited electronic states of CO+ during dissociation.

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  • Received 5 February 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.103002

©2009 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

I. Znakovskaya1, P. von den Hoff2, S. Zherebtsov1, A. Wirth1, O. Herrwerth1, M. J. J. Vrakking3, R. de Vivie-Riedle2,*, and M. F. Kling1,†

  • 1Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
  • 2Department für Chemie und Biochemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, D-81377 München, Germany
  • 3FOM-Institute AMOLF, Science Park 113, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • *regina.de_vivie@cup.uni-muenchen.de
  • matthias.kling@mpq.mpg.de

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Vol. 103, Iss. 10 — 4 September 2009

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