title: Strong field multiple ionization as a route to electron dynamics in a van der Waals cluster.
abstract: We study the order in which a strong laser field removes multiple electrons from a van der Waals (vdW) cluster. The N2Ar, with an equilibrium T-shaped geometry, contains both a covalent and a vdW bond and serves as a simple yet rich example. Interestingly, the fragmenting double and triple ionizations of N2Ar with vdW bond breaking are favored when the vdW bond is aligned along the laser field polarization vector. However, the orientation of the covalent bond with respect to the laser field rules the triple ionization when both the covalent and vdW bonds are simultaneously broken. Electron-localization-assisted enhanced ionization and molecular orbital profile-dominated, orientation-dependent ionization are discussed to reveal the order of electrons release from different sites of N2Ar.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunitski
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Amankona-Diawuo
authors.forename: L Ph H
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jahnke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Czasch
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seideman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dörner