Real-time probing of alignment and structural deformation of CS2 in intense nanosecond laser fields

A time evolution of the alignment and structural deformation processes of neutral CS2 in intense non-resonant nanosecond laser fields (1.9 X 10(12) W/cm(2)) is derived by ionizing CS2 using intense circularly polarized feintosecond laser fields (5.5 x 10(14) W/cm(2)). From the real-time probing of the momentum distribution of the resultant S3+ and C2+ fragment ions produced through the Coulomb explosion induced by the intense fenitosecond laser fields, it is identified that the alignment and the structural deformation proceed simultaneously in the nanosecond laser fields. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science BN. All rights reserved.