Asymmetric electron-nuclear dynamics in two-color laser fields:: Laser phase directional control of photofragments in H2+

Exact non-Born-Oppenheimer numerical solutions of the time-dependent Schrodinger equation for the 1D H-2(+) molecule in an intense, two-color (omega + 2 omega) laser field have been obtained. Both electron and proton kinetic energy spectra show spatial, correlated, asymmetric distributions. The calculated spectra exhibit the same unusual correlations as in experiments, in which both positively charged nuclear fragments and negatively charged photoelectrons were preferentially emitted in the same direction. The above asymmetries of photoemission of electrons seen in our quantum simulation are interpreted in the framework of a quasistatic tunneling model.