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PHYSICAL REVIEW A
卷 104, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.104.053113
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- Israel Science Foundation [746/15]
- CNRS
- ERDF Operational Programme-Burgundy
- EIPHI Graduate School [ANR-17-EURE-0002]
- Associate (CNRS&Weizmann) International Imagi Nano Laboratory
- Patricia Elman Bildner Professorial Chair
A nonintrusive optical scheme for visualizing the rotational dynamics in anisotropic molecular gas is theoretically considered, utilizing ultrashort circularly polarized laser pulses and a vortex wave plate. The method allows determining the instantaneous orientation of the principal optical axes of the gas, and is promising for studying the dynamics of complex symmetric- and asymmetric-top molecules.
Inducing and controlling the ultrafast molecular rotational dynamics using shaped laser fields is essential in numerous applications. Several approaches exist that allow following the coherent molecular motion in real time, including Coulomb explosion-based techniques and recovering molecular orientation from the angular distribution of high harmonics. We theoretically consider a nonintrusive optical scheme for visualizing the rotational dynamics in an anisotropic molecular gas. The proposed method allows determining the instantaneous orientation of the principal optical axes of the gas. The method is based on probing the sample using ultrashort circularly polarized laser pulses and recording the transmission image through a vortex wave plate. We consider two example excitations: molecular alignment induced by an intense linearly polarized laser pulse and unidirectional molecular rotation induced by a polarization-shaped pulse. The proposed optical method is promising for visualizing the dynamics of complex symmetric- and asymmetric-top molecules.
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