Controlling the alignment of neutral molecules by a strong laser field

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 10235-10238

  Sakai, Hirofumi ^a,b   Safvan, C P ^a   Larsen, Jakob Juul ^a   Hilligsøe, Karen Marie ^a   Hald, Kasper ^a   Stapelfeldt, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

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EID: 0042139624     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.478039     Document Type: Article

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