Sub-femtosecond Control of Hydrogen-Bond Rearrangement
ORAL
Abstract
We present experimental and theoretical data supporting a new and very general coherent control scheme, where the directional hydrogen migration in hydrocarbon molecules is initiated via light-driven attosecond electron motion. The strong coupling between electron and nuclear motions allows for efficient control of both electrons and heavier nuclei within the wave cycle of near-single-cycle laser pulses. We show that the waveform of the near-single-cycle laser pulses can be tailored to preferentially steer protons to different sites of the hydrocarbons prior to the molecular disintegration by the strong laser fields.
*We acknowledge supports from the American University of Sharjah, DFG and the Cluster of Excellence: Munich Center for Advanced Photonics, U.S. Department of Energy, the NSF and the MPQ-KSU collaboration.
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Authors
Ali S. Alnaser
Department of Physics, American University of Sharjah
