TY - JOUR
T1 - Laser-assisted molecular alignment in a strongly dissipative environment
AU - Zhdanov, Dmitry
AU - Rabitz, Herschel Albert
PY - 2011/6/20
Y1 - 2011/6/20
N2 - This paper shows that transient alignment of linear molecules in a dense collisional environment can result from the formation of trapped aligned "dark" states in a laser field constituting either a comb of resonant short pulses or a sinusoidally frequency-modulated wave with a continuous flux. Simulation of the laser-induced dynamics of CO molecules reveals that the latter approach is effective at room temperature and requires three orders of magnitude less laser intensity compared to known alignment techniques.
AB - This paper shows that transient alignment of linear molecules in a dense collisional environment can result from the formation of trapped aligned "dark" states in a laser field constituting either a comb of resonant short pulses or a sinusoidally frequency-modulated wave with a continuous flux. Simulation of the laser-induced dynamics of CO molecules reveals that the latter approach is effective at room temperature and requires three orders of magnitude less laser intensity compared to known alignment techniques.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.061402
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.061402
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79961085763
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 83
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 6
M1 - 061402
ER -