中国物理B ›› 2013, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (7): 73304-073304.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/7/073304

• ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Imprints of molecular orbitals using photoelectron angular distribution by strong laser pulses of circular polarization

任向河a, 张敬涛b, 吴艳c, 马慧a, 许玉龙a   

  1. a School of Sciences, Shandong Polytechnic University, Jinan 250353, China;
    b State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China;
    c Department of Physics, Zhejiang University of Science & Technology, Hangzhou 310018, China
  • 收稿日期:2012-12-12 修回日期:2013-01-21 出版日期:2013-06-01 发布日期:2013-06-01
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11104167, 11174304, and 61078080) and the Excellent Middle-Aged and Youth Scientist Award of Shandong Province, China (Grant No. BS2011SF021).

Imprints of molecular orbitals using photoelectron angular distribution by strong laser pulses of circular polarization

Ren Xiang-He (任向河)a, Zhang Jing-Tao (张敬涛)b, Wu Yan (吴艳)c, Ma Hui (马慧)a, Xu Yu-Long (许玉龙)a   

  1. a School of Sciences, Shandong Polytechnic University, Jinan 250353, China;
    b State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China;
    c Department of Physics, Zhejiang University of Science & Technology, Hangzhou 310018, China
  • Received:2012-12-12 Revised:2013-01-21 Online:2013-06-01 Published:2013-06-01
  • Contact: Ren Xiang-He, Zhang Jing-Tao E-mail:xhren101@spu.edu.cn;jtzhang@siom.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11104167, 11174304, and 61078080) and the Excellent Middle-Aged and Youth Scientist Award of Shandong Province, China (Grant No. BS2011SF021).

摘要: We theoretically investigate the strong-field ionization of H2+ molecules in four different electronic states by calculating photoelectron angular distributions in circularly polarized fields. We find that the structure of photoelectron angular distribution depends on the molecular orbital as well as the energy of photoelectron. The location of main lobes changes with the symmetric property of the molecular orbital. Generally, for molecules with bonding electronic states, the photoelectron's angular distribution shows a rotation of π/2 with respect to the molecular axis, while for molecules with antibonding electronic states, no rotation occurs. We use an interference scenario to interpret these phenomena. We also find that, due to the interference effect, a new pair of jets appears in the waist of the main lobes, and the main lobes or jets of photoelectron's angular distribution are split into two parts if the photoelectron energy is sufficiently high.

关键词: photoelectron angular distributions, circular polarization laser field, photoionization, molecule

Abstract: We theoretically investigate the strong-field ionization of H2+ molecules in four different electronic states by calculating photoelectron angular distributions in circularly polarized fields. We find that the structure of photoelectron angular distribution depends on the molecular orbital as well as the energy of photoelectron. The location of main lobes changes with the symmetric property of the molecular orbital. Generally, for molecules with bonding electronic states, the photoelectron's angular distribution shows a rotation of π/2 with respect to the molecular axis, while for molecules with antibonding electronic states, no rotation occurs. We use an interference scenario to interpret these phenomena. We also find that, due to the interference effect, a new pair of jets appears in the waist of the main lobes, and the main lobes or jets of photoelectron's angular distribution are split into two parts if the photoelectron energy is sufficiently high.

Key words: photoelectron angular distributions, circular polarization laser field, photoionization, molecule

中图分类号:  (Multiphoton ionization and excitation to highly excited states (e.g., Rydberg states))

  • 33.80.Rv
32.80.Rm (Multiphoton ionization and excitation to highly excited states) 34.50.Gb (Electronic excitation and ionization of molecules) 42.50.Hz (Strong-field excitation of optical transitions in quantum systems; multiphoton processes; dynamic Stark shift)