Quantum correlation of electron and ion energy in the dissociative strong-field ionization of H_{2}

Quantum correlation of electron and ion energy in the dissociative strong-field ionization of H_{2}

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We report on the strong field ionization of H_{2} by a corotating two-color laser field.We measure the electron momentum distribution in coincidence with the kinetic energy release (KER) of dissociating hydrogen molecules.In addition to a characteristic half-moon Oxygen Conservers structure, we observe a low-energy structure in the electron momentum distribution at a KER of about 3.5 eV.We speculate that the outgoing electron interacts with the molecular ion, despite the absence of classical Knives recollisions under these conditions.

Time-dependent density functional theory simulations support our conclusions.