Optimal single-pulse excitation of rotational impulsive molecular phase modulation

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2520-2532

  Masihzadeh, Omid ^a   Baertschy, Mark ^b   Bartels, Randy A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICS; TENSORS;

LINEARLY POLARIZED INTENSE ALIGNMENT PULSE; OPTIMAL ALIGNMENT PULSE; OPTIMAL SINGLE-PULSE EXCITATION; ROTATIONAL IMPULSIVE MOLECULAR PHASE MODULATION; ROTATIONAL WAVE PACKETS; TRANSIENT MACROSCOPIC LINEAR OPTICAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TENSOR; TRANSIENTLY ALIGNED MOLECULAR GAS;

PHASE MODULATION;

EID: 33645089682     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.002520     Document Type: Article

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