Abstract
We present quantum-mechanical studies on above-threshold ionization of molecular ions in two and three dimensions. The momentum distributions show signatures of interfering emissions from the molecular centers. These structures deviate from a simple double-slit model that ignores the electron-ion interaction, but they are reproduced by an eikonal model. Such distortions of the interference pattern are partly responsible for the absence of clear interference patterns in the angle-integrated electron energy spectra. © 2011 American Physical Society.
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PhysicsInterference (communication)IonizationElectronAtomic physicsIonSpectral lineAbove threshold ionizationQuantum interferenceMomentum (technical analysis)QuantumPhotoionizationQuantum mechanics
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Jost Henkel,
Manfred Lein,
Volker Engel
(2011).
Interference in above-threshold-ionization electron distributions from molecules.
Physical Review A
, 83
(5)
.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.83.051401
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- 10.1103/physreva.83.051401