Probing Orbital Structure of Polyatomic Molecules by High-Order Harmonic Generation

R. Torres, N. Kajumba, Jonathan G. Underwood, J. S. Robinson, S. Baker, J. W. G. Tisch, R. de Nalda, W. A. Bryan, R. Velotta, C. Altucci, I. C. E. Turcu, and J. P. Marangos
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 203007 – Published 17 May 2007; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 239903 (2007)

Abstract

The effects of electronic structure and symmetry are observed in laser driven high-order harmonic generation for laser aligned conjugated polyatomic molecular systems. The dependence of the harmonic yield on the angle between the molecular axis and the polarization of the driving laser field is seen to contain the fingerprint of the highest occupied molecular orbitals in acetylene and allene, a good quantitative agreement with calculations employing the strong field approximation was found. These measurements support the extension of the recently proposed molecular orbital imaging techniques beyond simple diatomic molecules to larger molecular systems.

  • Figure
  • Figure
  • Figure
  • Figure
  • Received 4 December 2006
  • Corrected 29 May 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.203007

©2007 American Physical Society

Corrections

29 May 2007

Erratum

Publisher’s Note: Probing Orbital Structure of Polyatomic Molecules by High-Order Harmonic Generation [Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 203007 (2007)]

R. Torres, N. Kajumba, Jonathan G. Underwood, J. S. Robinson, S. Baker, J. W. G. Tisch, R. de Nalda, W. A. Bryan, R. Velotta, C. Altucci, I. C. E. Turcu, and J. P. Marangos
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 239903 (2007)

Authors & Affiliations

R. Torres1, N. Kajumba1, Jonathan G. Underwood2, J. S. Robinson1, S. Baker1, J. W. G. Tisch1, R. de Nalda3, W. A. Bryan4, R. Velotta5, C. Altucci5, I. C. E. Turcu4, and J. P. Marangos1

  • 1Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
  • 2Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
  • 3Instituto de Química-Física Rocasolano, CSIC, 28006 Madrid, Spain
  • 4Central Laser Facility, CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
  • 5CNISM and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II,” Napoli, Italy

Article Text (Subscription Required)

Click to Expand

References (Subscription Required)

Click to Expand
Issue

Vol. 98, Iss. 20 — 18 May 2007

Reuse & Permissions
Access Options
Author publication services for translation and copyediting assistance advertisement

Authorization Required


×
×

Images

×

Sign up to receive regular email alerts from Physical Review Letters

Log In

Cancel
×

Search


Article Lookup

Paste a citation or DOI

Enter a citation
×