Fig. 5
From: Few-cycle laser driven reaction nanoscopy on aerosolized silica nanoparticles
Dissociation yields on the nanoparticle surface. a Time evolution of the surface charge distribution simulated for the 300 nm particle at a single intensity and averaged over the carrier-envelope phase (CEP). Two snapshots are shown during the rising edge of the laser pulse, one at the peak electric field and one 10 fs after the interaction with the laser pulse. Each point on the sphere is defined by the elevation angle θ and the azimuthal angle φ, in the intervals \(\left[ { - \frac{\pi }{2};\frac{\pi }{2}} \right]\) and \(\left[ {0;2\pi } \right]\), respectively. The angle θ is measured with respect to the propagation/NP-jet-plane and φ is measured with respect to the propagation axis. The angle φ is only shown from 0 to π from now on due to the mirror symmetry with respect to the polarization–propagation plane. b Differential probability distribution dP/dΩ for the deprotonation reaction as a function of θ and φ. c Experimentally accessible momentum distribution of the final proton momenta as a function of θ and φ. All distributions or rates are normalized to a maximum value of 1 and use the shown color scale
