Ensemble of Linear Molecules in Nondispersing Rotational Quantum States: A Molecular Stopwatch

Physical Review X

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Cryan, James P ^a,b   Glownia, James M ^a,b   Broege, D W Douglas W ^a,b   Ma, Yue ^a,b   Bucksbaum, Philip H ^a,b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic and Molecular Physics; Chemical Physics; Optics

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; CHEMICAL PHYSICS; LABORATORY FRAME; LASER FIELDS; LINEAR MOLECULES; MOLECULAR DISSOCIATION; QUANTUM STATE; RAPID ADIABATIC PASSAGE; ROTATIONAL SPEED; ROTATIONAL STATE; ULTRA-FAST;

ATOMIC PHYSICS; OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

MOLECULES;

EID: 83655187156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.1.011002     Document Type: Article

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