title: Complete characterization of molecular dynamics in ultrashort laser fields.
abstract: Reaction Microscope-based, complete, and time-resolved Coulomb explosion imaging of vibrating and dissociating D(2)(+) molecules with femtosecond time-resolution allowed us to perform an internuclear distance (R-)dependent Fourier analysis of the corresponding wave packets. Calculations demonstrate that the obtained two-dimensional R-dependent frequency spectra enable the complete characterization of the wave packet dynamics and directly visualize the field-modified molecular potential curves in intense, ultrashort laser pulses.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69029 Heidelberg, Germany. feuerstb@mpi-hd.mpg.de
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authors.lastname: Feuerstein
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