Fragment anisotropy on dissociative ionization of NO in two-color intense laser fields

Abstract

Dissociative ionization of NO, NO → NO+ + e- → N+ + O + e-, in ω-2ω two-color phase-controlled intense laser fields was investigated by three-dimensional ion momentum imaging. The momentum image of the N+ ion exhibited anisotropic distributions peaked at 35° against the laser polarization, which show clear left-right asymmetry depending on the ω-2ω relative phase. The present study demonstrates that the molecular orbital can be retrieved by distinguishing the difference between the N and O side from the fragment anisotropy by intense laser pulses.