Metastable triply charged diatomic molecules produced with femtosecond pulses

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2217
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  1. National Research Council of Canada
  2. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
  3. National Research Council of Canada. Security and Disruptive Technologies
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Journal titlePhysical Review Letters
ISSN0031-9007
1079-7114
Volume81
Issue11
Pages2217–2220
Abstract
We show that ultrashort pulse strong field multiphoton ionization efficiently produces metastable highly charged molecules such as metastable diatomic trications I₂³⁺, Br₂³⁺, and Cl₂³⁺. The efficiency of stable trication production decreases rapidly with increasing pulse duration. Weak pre- or post-pulse irradiation also prevents efficient production or survival of trications. We propose strong-field femtosecond Raman spectroscopy to determine trication vibrational frequencies.
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PublisherAmerican Physical Society
LanguageEnglish
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