The photodetachment of a hetero-nuclear diatomic molecular negative ion is studied by using a two-centre model. An analytic formula is presented for the electron flux distribution of a heteronuclear diatomic molecular...The photodetachment of a hetero-nuclear diatomic molecular negative ion is studied by using a two-centre model. An analytic formula is presented for the electron flux distribution of a heteronuclear diatomic molecular negative ion. Taking HF- as an example, we calculated the electron flux distributions of this ion for various detached electron energies. The results show that the electron flux distributions exhibit oscillatory structures, which are caused by the interference effect between the two nuclei. Besides, the laser light polarization also has a great influence on the electron flux distribution. The oscillation amplitude is the largest when the laser polarization is parallel to the z-axis; when the laser polarization is perpendicular to the z-axis, the oscillation almost vanishes. This study provides a new understanding of the photodetachment of a heteronuclear diatomic molecular negative ion.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10604045)the University Science and Technology Planning Program of Shandong Province of China (Grant No. J09LA02)
文摘The photodetachment of a hetero-nuclear diatomic molecular negative ion is studied by using a two-centre model. An analytic formula is presented for the electron flux distribution of a heteronuclear diatomic molecular negative ion. Taking HF- as an example, we calculated the electron flux distributions of this ion for various detached electron energies. The results show that the electron flux distributions exhibit oscillatory structures, which are caused by the interference effect between the two nuclei. Besides, the laser light polarization also has a great influence on the electron flux distribution. The oscillation amplitude is the largest when the laser polarization is parallel to the z-axis; when the laser polarization is perpendicular to the z-axis, the oscillation almost vanishes. This study provides a new understanding of the photodetachment of a heteronuclear diatomic molecular negative ion.