Measurement of field-free molecular alignment by cross-defocusing assisted polarization spectroscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 16300-16305

  Wu, Jian ^a   Cai, Hua ^a   Tong, Yuqi ^a   Zeng, Heping ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; POLARIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

FIELD-FREE MOLECULAR ALIGNMENTS; IMPULSIVE EXCITATIONS; MEASURED SIGNALS; NEUTRAL MOLECULES; ORIENTATION DEPENDENT; POLARIZATION SPECTROSCOPY; PUMP INTENSITIES; RELATIVE RATIOS;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

EID: 69949089032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.016300     Document Type: Article

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