Two-state wave packet for strong field-free molecular orientation

Autor: Trippel, Sebastian, Mullins, Terry, Müller, Nele L. M., Kienitz, Jens S., González-Férez, Rosario, Küpper, Jochen
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 (2015) 103003
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.103003
Popis: We demonstrate strong laser-field-free orientation of absolute-ground-state carbonyl sulfide molecules. The molecules are oriented by the combination of a 485-ps-long non-resonant laser pulse and a weak static electric field. The edges of the laser pulse create a coherent superposition of two rotational states resulting in revivals of strong transient molecular orientation after the laser pulse. The experimentally attained degree of orientation of 0.6 corresponds to the theoretical maximum for mixing of the two states. Switching off the dc field would provide the same orientation completely field-free.
Databáze: arXiv