EPJ Web of Conferences (Mar 2013)

Hydrogen scrambling in H3+ generation from ethane induced by ultrashort intense laser fields

  • Weitzel K.-M.,
  • Miura S.,
  • Schirmel N.,
  • Kudou T.,
  • Kanya R.,
  • Hoshina K.,
  • Yamanouchi K.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134102034
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 41
p. 02034

Abstract

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Two-body Coulomb explosion processes of ethane (CH3CH3) and its isotopomers (CD3CD3 and CH3CD3) induced by an intense laser field are investigated by a coincidence momentum imaging method. From the yield ratios of H3+, H2D+, HD2+, and D3+ ejected from CH3CD3+ induced by an ultrashort-pulsed intense laser field, nearly statistical randomization of H and D atoms called hydrogen atom scrambling was identified.