Strong orientation effects in ionization of H+2 by short, intense, high-frequency light pulses

Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Aug 26;95(9):093002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.093002. Epub 2005 Aug 26.

Abstract

We present three-dimensional time-dependent calculations of ionization of arbitrarily spatially oriented H+2 by attosecond, intense, high-frequency laser fields. The ionization probability shows a strong dependence on both the internuclear distance and the relative orientation between the laser field and the internuclear axis. The physical features are explained in terms of two-center interference effects.