Project A2
Optical tunneling in small chiral molecules – Multicoincidence and spin polarization studies of ionization of chiral molecules in short laser pulses
We study electron emission from chiral molecules in the strong-field, long-wavelength regime of tunnel ionization using circularly polarized femtosecond laser pulses. The project has two subprojects; in the first, we will measure the three dimensional momentum distributions of electrons in coincidence with fragment ions using a COLTRIMS Reaction Microscope. In the second subproject we will measure the momentum-resolved spin polarization of the electrons emitted from chiral molecules.
