Field-free alignment of molecules at room temperature

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4992-4997

  Xu, Nan ^a   Wu, Chengyin ^a   Huang, Juan ^a   Wu, Zhifeng ^a   Liang, Qingqing ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Gong, Qihuang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LASER PULSES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

FIELD-FREE ALIGNMENTS; MACROSCOPIC ENSEMBLES; MULTI-PULSE ALIGNMENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

OPTICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33745165872     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004992     Document Type: Article

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