Dynamic Dressing of H+2 in Intense Photon Fields
Abstract
The mechanisms of bond hardening, zero-photon dissociation and orthogonal, counterintuitive alignment that occur when H2(+) ions are exposed to intense femtosecond laser pulses are described in terms of dynamic dressing of the molecular ion system in a photon field. An adiabatic variability is added to the static Floquet picture and the validity of this modification is assessed using the Landau-Zener formula for the probability of non-adiabatic transitions. Application of the dynamic dressing model to the control of chemical reactions is discussed briefly.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADP015793
Entities
People
- C. R. Courtney
- K. Codling
- L. J. Frasinski
Organizations
- University of Reading