Physics – Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Scientific paper
2010-05-20
Physics
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Scientific paper
Intense 3-cycle pulses (10 fs) of 800 nm laser light are utilized to measure energy distributions of ions emitted following Coulomb explosion of Ar$_n$ clusters ($n$=400-900) upon their irradiation by peak intensitis of 5$\times$10$^{14}$ W cm$^{-2}$. The 3-cycle pulses do not afford the cluster sufficient time to undergo Coulomb-driven expansion, resulting in overall dynamics that appear to be very different to those in the many-pulse regime. The peak ion energies are much lower than those obtained when 100 fs pulses of the same intensity are used; they are almost independent of the size of the cluster (over the range 400-900 atoms). Ion yields are a factor of 20 larger in the direction that is perpendicular to the laser polarization vector than along it. This unexpected anisotropy is qualitatively rationalized using molecular dynamics calculations in terms of shielding by an electronic charge cloud within the cluster that is spatially asymmetric.
Gupta N. K.
Holkundkar A. R.
Mathur Deepak
Rajgara Firoz A.
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