CC BY-NC 4.0 UnportedSchell, FelixBredtmann, TimmSchulz, Claus PeterPatchkovskii, SergueiVrakking, Marc J. J.Mikosch, Jochen2023-06-052023-06-052018https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/12393http://dx.doi.org/10.34657/11425Electrons released by strong-field ionization from atoms and molecules or in solids can be accelerated in the oscillating laser field and driven back to their ion core. The ensuing interaction, phase-locked to the optical cycle, initiates the central processes underlying attosecond science. A common assumption assigns a single, welldefined return direction to the recolliding electron. We study laser-induced electron rescattering associated with two different ionization continua in the same, spatially aligned, polyatomic molecule. We show by experiment and theory that the electron return probability is molecular frame-dependent and carries structural information on the ionized orbital. The returning wave packet structure has to be accounted for in analyzing strong-field spectroscopy experiments that critically depend on the interaction of the laser-driven continuum electron, such as laser-induced electron diffraction.enghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0500Atom lasersIonization of solidsMolecular orbitalsMoleculesArticle