title: Coherent electronic wave packet motion in C(60) controlled by the waveform and polarization of few-cycle laser fields.
abstract: Strong laser fields can be used to trigger an ultrafast molecular response that involves electronic excitation and ionization dynamics. Here, we report on the experimental control of the spatial localization of the electronic excitation in the C_{60} fullerene exerted by an intense few-cycle (4 fs) pulse at 720 nm. The control is achieved by tailoring the carrier-envelope phase and the polarization of the laser pulse. We find that the maxima and minima of the photoemission-asymmetry parameter along the laser-polarization axis are synchronized with the localization of the coherent electronic wave packet at around the time of ionization.
authors: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching D-85748, Germany.|Department of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching D-85748, Germany.|J.R. MacDonald Laboratory, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Li
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, Liège B-4000, Belgium.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Mignolet
authors: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna A-1040, Austria.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Wachter
authors: Institute of Physics, Universität Rostock, Rostock D-18051, Germany.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Skruszewicz
authors: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching D-85748, Germany.|Department of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching D-85748, Germany.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Zherebtsov
authors: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching D-85748, Germany.|Department of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching D-85748, Germany.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Süssmann
authors: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching D-85748, Germany.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Kessel
authors: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching D-85748, Germany.
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Trushin
authors: Department of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching D-85748, Germany.|J.R. MacDonald Laboratory, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.
authors: Nora G
authors: NG
authors: Kling
authors: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching D-85748, Germany.|Department of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching D-85748, Germany.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Kübel
authors: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching D-85748, Germany.|Physics Department, CASTECH, POSTECH, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-784, Republic of Korea.|Max Planck Center for Attosecond Science, Max Planck POSTECH/KOREA Research Initiative, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Ahn
authors: Physics Department, CASTECH, POSTECH, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-784, Republic of Korea.|Max Planck Center for Attosecond Science, Max Planck POSTECH/KOREA Research Initiative, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Kim
authors: J.R. MacDonald Laboratory, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Ben-Itzhak
authors: J.R. MacDonald Laboratory, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.
authors: C L
authors: CL
authors: Cocke
authors: Institute of Physics, Universität Rostock, Rostock D-18051, Germany.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Fennel
authors: Institute of Physics, Universität Rostock, Rostock D-18051, Germany.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Tiggesbäumker
authors: Institute of Physics, Universität Rostock, Rostock D-18051, Germany.
authors: K-H
authors: KH
authors: Meiwes-Broer
authors: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna A-1040, Austria.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Lemell
authors: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna A-1040, Austria.|Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Debrecen H-4001, Hungary.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Burgdörfer
authors: Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.|Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors: R D
authors: RD
authors: Levine
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, Liège B-4000, Belgium.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Remacle
authors: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching D-85748, Germany.|Department of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching D-85748, Germany.|J.R. MacDonald Laboratory, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.
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authors: MF
authors: Kling