Field-free molecular alignment of asymmetric top molecules using elliptically polarized laser pulses

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Rouzee A ^a   Guerin S ^a   Faucher, O ^a   Lavorel, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; POLARIZATION;

MOLECULAR AXES; MOLECULAR OPTICS;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

EID: 42449088095     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043412     Document Type: Article

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