Imaging an isolated water molecule with an attosecond electron wave packet. Issue 7 (January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, X; Amini, K; Steinle, T; Sanchez, A; Shaikh, M; Belsa, B; Steinmetzer, J; Le, A T; Moshammer, R; Pfeifer, T; Ullrich, J; Lin, C D; Gräfe, S; Biegert, J
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 1412:Issue 7(2019)
• Publication Date: 2020-01
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1412/7/072047
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Synopsis: We use laser-induced electron diffraction (LIED) to self-image the molecular structure of an isolated water molecular ion using its own retuning attosecond electron wave packet (EWP). Using LIED's sub-femtosecond and picometre spatio-temporal resolution imaging capabilities, we observe the symmetric stretching of the O-H and H-H internuclear distances with increasing laser field strength.