Optimization of laser field-free orientation of a state-selected NO molecular sample

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Rouzée, Arnaud ^a   Gijsbertsen, Arjan ^a   Ghafur, Omair ^a   Shir, Ofer M ^b   Bäck, Thomas ^b   Stolte, Steven ^c,d,e   Vrakking, Marc J J ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Centre d Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay   (France)

^e JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC FIELD; DINGER EQUATION; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; LASER FIELDS; MAXIMUM VALUES; MOLECULAR SAMPLE; NO MOLECULE; NON-PERTURBATIVE CALCULATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; SHORT LASER PULSE; TEMPORAL PROFILE; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TIME-DEPENDENT;

ALIGNMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; LASERS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 72049093515     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/10/105040     Document Type: Article

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