Nature Communications (Sep 2016)

Sub-10-fs control of dissociation pathways in the hydrogen molecular ion with a few-pulse attosecond pulse train

  • Yasuo Nabekawa,
  • Yusuke Furukawa,
  • Tomoya Okino,
  • A Amani Eilanlou,
  • Eiji J. Takahashi,
  • Kaoru Yamanouchi,
  • Katsumi Midorikawa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12835
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Attosecond laser pulses allow to explore the ultrafast atomic or molecular processes occurring in chemical reactions. Here the authors utilize a sequence of two XUV pump-probe pulses to control the dissociation dynamics of the hydrogen molecular ion.