Magrakvelidze, MaiaThumm, Uwe P. E.2013-09-112013-09-112013-07-16http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16420We numerically model the dissociation dynamics of the noble-gas dimer ions He[subscript 2]+, Ne[subscript 2]+, Ar[subscript 2]+, Kr[subscript 2]+, and Xe[subscript 2]+ in ultrashort pump and probe laser pulses of different wavelengths. Our calculations reveal a distinguished “gap” in the kinetic energy spectra, observed experimentally for the Ar[subscript 2] dimer [ J. Wu et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 110 033005 (2013)], for all noble-gas dimers for appropriate wavelength combinations. This striking phenomenon can be explained by the dissociation of dimer ions on dipole-coupled Born-Oppenheimer adiabatic potential curves. Comparing pump-probe-pulse-delay-dependent kinetic-energy-release spectra for different noble-gas dimer cations of increasing mass, we discuss increasingly prominent (i) fine-structure effects in and (ii) classical aspects of the nuclear vibrational motion.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).Noble-gas dimersArticle (publisher version)