Ionization to Charge-Asymmetric Dissociation Curves

The simplest and first observation of the excitation of molecules by strong laser fields was the identification with TOF spectroscopy of the following dissociation channel — I2+ + I°+ [31]. In this example, a short laser 

Finally, it has been observed through pump-probe experiments [9] that the I2+ fragment following asymmetric dissociation of can itself be in an excited state. This also represents a very high level of electronic excitation. 

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