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Aufsatz
High laser field effects in multiphoton ionization of Na_2
(1992)
Femtosecond pump/probe multiphoton ionization experiments on Na_2 molecules are performed. The dependence of the total Na^+_2 ion signal on the delay time and the intensity of the femtosecond laser pulses is studied in detail. It is observed that molecular vibrational wavepacket motion in different electronic states dominates the time dependence of the ion signal. For higher laser intensities the relative contributions from the A ^1 \summe^+_u and the 2 ^1 \produkt__g states change dramatically, indicating the ...
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Femtosecond pump-probe study of the spreading and recurrence of a vibrational wave packet in Na_2
(1992)
The motion of a vibrational wave packet in the bound A(^1 \summe^+_u) electronic state of the sodium dimer is detected in a femtosecond pump/probe molecular beam experiment. For short times harmonic motion is seen in the total ion yield of Na^+_2 as a function of delay time between the two laser pulses. The spreading of the wave packet results in the loss of the periodic variation of the ion signal. For longer delay times (47 ps) the wave packet regains its initial form which is reflected in the revival structure of ...
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Femtosecond probing of sodium cluster ion Na_n ^+ fragmentation
(1992)
We report on the first femtosecond time-resolved experiments in cluster physics. The photofragmentation
dynamics of small sodium cluster ions Na_n ^+ have been studied with pump-probe techniques. Ultrashort
laser pulses of 60-fs duration are employed to photoionize the sodium clusters and to probe the
photofragments. We find that the ejection of neutral dimer Na_2 and, observed for the first time, neutral
trimer Na_3 photofragments occur on ultrashort time scales of 2.5 and 0.4 ps, respectively. This and the
absence ...