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View SchemaOptical gratings induced by field-free alignment of molecules
| Authors | Arnaud Rouzee, Vincent Renard, Stephane Guerin, Olivier Faucher, Bruno Lavorel |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0609155 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0609155 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.013419 |
Abstract
We analyze the alignment of molecules generated by a pair of crossed ultra-short pump pulses of different polarizations by a technique based on the induced time-dependent gratings. Parallel polarizations yield an intensity grating, while perpendicular polarizations induce a polarization grating. We show that both configurations can be interpreted at moderate intensity as an alignment induced by a single polarized pump pulse. The advantage of the perpendicular polarizations is to give a signal of alignment that is free from the plasma contribution. Experiments on femtosecond transient gratings with aligned molecules were performed in CO2 at room temperature in a static cell and at 30 K in a molecular expansion jet.
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