Abstract
We show how a carefully chosen combination of strong linearly and circularly polarized laser fields can bind two same-sign charges, not only suppressing their Coulomb repulsion in all three spatial dimensions, but also creating an effective attraction. As an example, we show how a molecule stripped of both electrons can be kept bound by the laser fields.
- Received 20 September 2002
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.243001
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