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View SchemaInfluence of molecular symmetry on strong-field ionization: Studies on ethylene, benzene, fluorobenzene, and chlorofluorobenzene
| Authors | Thomas K. Kjeldsen, Christer Z. Bisgaard, Lars Bojer Madsen, Henrik Stapelfeldt |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0409150 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0409150 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.013418 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 71, 013418 (2005) |
Abstract
Using the molecular strong-field approximation we consider the effects of molecular symmetry on the ionization of molecules by a strong, linearly polarized laser pulse. Electron angular distributions and total ionization yields are calculated as a function of the relative orientation between the molecule and the laser polarization. Our studies focus on ethylene (C$_2$H$_4$), benzene (C$_6$H$_6$), fluorobenzene (C$_6$H$_5$F), and ortho chlorofluorobenzene (1,2 C$_6$H$_4$ClF), the molecules representing four different point groups. The results are compared with experiments, when available, and with the molecular tunneling theory appropriately extended to non-linear polyatomic molecules. Our investigations show that the orientational dependence of ionization yields is primarily determined by the nodal surface structure of the molecular orbitals.
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