Laser-induced field-free alignment of the OCS molecule

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2503-2510

  Loriot, V ^a,b   Tzallas, P ^a   Benis, E P ^a   Hertz, E ^b   Lavorel, B ^b   Charalambidis, D ^a,c   Faucher, O ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; COOLING; IONIZATION; JETS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

ROTATIONAL DYNAMICS; SHORT LASER PULSE;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 34250730274     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/40/12/023     Document Type: Article

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