title: Orbital alignment in photodissociation probed using strong field ionization.
abstract: The photodissociation of molecules often produces atomic fragments with polarized electronic angular momentum, and the atomic alignment, for example, can provide valuable information on the dynamical pathways of chemical reactions unavailable by other means. In this work, we demonstrate for the first time that orbital polarization in chemical reactions can be measured with great sensitivity using strong field ionization by exploiting its extreme nonlinearity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
authors.forename: Yun Fei
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Suk Kyoung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Thushani
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Herath
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li