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PHYSICAL REVIEW A
Volume 103, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.103.013103
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- Max Planck Society for the Max Planck Research Group Current-Carrying Quantum Dynamics (CCQD)
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This theoretical study examines the ionization enhancement of H-2(+) diatomic molecular ion using orthogonal two-color laser fields. The addition of a weak second-harmonic field is found to enhance ionization peaks at different critical internuclear distances. The analysis distinguishes two mechanisms underlying the enhanced ionization of H-2(+).
We theoretically study the ionization enhancement of the diatomic molecular ion H-2(+) at two critical internuclear distances R, using orthogonal two-color laser fields. The polarization of the fundamental infrared laser field and a weak second-harmonic field is parallel and perpendicular to the molecular axis, respectively. It is observed that adding the second-harmonic field raises slightly the first ionization peak at the smaller critical R, whereas it enhances the second one at the larger critical R significantly. We further analyze the observable evidence which distinguishes two underlying mechanisms responsible for the enhanced ionization of H-2(+): (i) the resonant excitation along with the coherent interference of the ionizing wave packets from the 1s sigma(g) and 2p sigma(u) states and (ii) the easier ionization from the up-field site of the molecule.
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