Project A10

Project Lead: Sebastian Eckart (Goethe University Frankfurt)

We study the fragmentation and ionization of chiral molecules in the strong-field, long-wavelength regime oftunnel ionizationusing femtosecond laser pulses and tailored pump-probe schemes. We measure three dimensional momentum distributions of electrons in coincidence with fragment ions using a COLTRIMS Reaction Microscope. Further, we also have the ability to detect neutral fragments that are created by the pump pulse because our probe pulse can ionize them to render them detectable as charged particles.