Induced transient birefringence of a resonantly pumped molecular gas

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 6200-6215

  Shen, Liyang ^a,d   Ho, Tak San ^a   Shi, Shenghua ^a,e   Rabitz, Herschel ^a   Lin, Chen ^b   Littman, M ^b   Weiner, Andrew M ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Alanex Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASES; LITHIUM; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLARIZATION; PUMPING (LASER);

BORN-OPPENHEIMER APPROXIMATION; ELECTRONIC POLARIZABILITY; MOLECULAR GAS; NONRESONANT PUMP AND PROBE PULSES; QUANTUM BEATS;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 0030259194     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.472477     Document Type: Article

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