Directional bond breaking of CO molecules by counter-rotating circularly polarized two-color laser fields

Lin Kang; Gong Xiao-Chun; Song Qi-Ying; Ji Qin-Ying; Ma Jun-Yang; Zhang Wen-Bin; Lu Pei-Fen; Zeng He-Ping; Wu Jian

doi:10.7498/aps.65.224209

Abstract

We experimentally studied the dissociative single and double ionization of CO molecules by counter-rotating circularly polarized two-color (CRTC) laser fields. By coincidently measuring the electrons and the fragmented ions, trefoil asymmetric momentum distributions of C+ in the polarization plane were observed, which are mainly determined by the selective ionization of CO with asymmetric orbitals. The threefold pattern could rotate continuously in the two-dimensional space by finely tuning the relative phase of the CRTC fields, providing a new method to manipulate the directional bond breaking of molecules by strong laser fields.

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State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

Corresponding author: Lu Pei-Fen, pflu@lps.ecnu.edu.cn

Funds: Project supported by the Shanghai Sailing Program, China (Grant No. 16YF1402900).

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