Gong, X.Kunitski, M.Betsch, K. J.Song, Q.Schmidt, L. Ph. H.Jahnke, T.Kling, Nora G.Herrwerth, O.Bergues, B.Senftleben, A.Ullrich, J.Moshammer, R.Paulus, G. G.Ben-Itzhak, ItzikLezius, M.Kling, M. F.Zeng, H.Jones, R. R.Wu, J.2014-07-232014-07-232014-04-29http://hdl.handle.net/2097/18132We study triple-ionization-induced, spatially asymmetric dissociation of N[subscript 2] using angular streaking in an elliptically polarized laser pulse in conjunction with few-cycle pump-probe experiments. The kinetic-energy-release dependent directional asymmetry in the ion sum-momentum distribution reflects the internuclear distance dependence of the fragmentation mechanism. Our results show that for 5–35-fs near-infrared laser pulses with intensities reaching 10[superscript 15] W/cm², charge exchange between nuclei plays a minor role in the triple ionization of N[subscript 2]. We demonstrate that angular streaking provides a powerful tool for probing multielectron effects in strong-field dissociative ionization of small molecules.en-USThis Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).N2Angular streakingTriple ionization of N2Article (publisher version)