Aligning molecules with intense nonresonant laser fields

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 7774-7781

  Larsen, Jakob Juul ^a   Sakai, Hirofumi ^a,b   Safvan, C P ^a   Wendt Larsen, Ida ^a   Stapelfeldt, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000816820     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.480112     Document Type: Article

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