EFFECT OF ROTATIONS ON STABILIZATION IN HIGH-INTENSITY PHOTODISSOCIATION OF H-2+

Photodissociation probabilities of rotationless H-2+ at lambda = 769 nm, from numerical solutions of the time-dependent Schrodinger equation, exhibit minima which are attributed to trapping in one- and three-photon field-induced potential wells, leading to molecular stabilization. Rotational excitations are shown to destroy the three-photon stabilization, whereas the one-photon trapping and stabilization of the bound molecular states at high intensities can persist in the presence of rotational excitation.