Strong orientation effects in ionization of H2+ by short, intense, high-frequency light pulses -: art. no. 093002

We present three-dimensional time-dependent calculations of ionization of arbitrarily spatially oriented H-2(+) by attosecond, intense, high-frequency laser fields. The ionization probability shows a strong dependence on both the internuclear distance and the relative orientation between the laser field and the internuclear axis. The physical features are explained in terms of two-center interference effects.