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Nonadiabatic molecular orientation by polarization-gated ultrashort laser pulses

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062 (China)
We show that the nonadiabatic orientation of diatomic polar molecules can be controlled by polarization-gated ultrashort laser pulses. By finely adjusting the time interval between two circularly polarized pulses of different wavelengths but the same helicity, the orientation direction of the molecules can be twirled. A cloverlike potential is created by using two circularly polarized laser pulses of different wavelengths and opposite helicity, leading to multidirectional molecular orientation along the potential wells, which can be well revealed by a high-order statistics metric of <<cos{sup 3}{theta}{sub d}>>.
OSTI ID:
21450577
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 82; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English