Probing nonadiabatic molecular alignment by spectral modulation. Academic Article

abstract

• We investigated molecular alignment wakes of femtosecond laser pulses. Evolution of nonadiabatic molecular alignment in nitrogen gas has been measured via its nonlinear interaction effects with a variably delayed probe pulse. The induced rotational wave packet was mapped as a function of the angular difference between polarization directions of femtosecond pump and probe pulses as well as their relative delay and the plot of the variations of the rotational wave packet, i.e. "quantum carpet", was found to be in good agreement with the calculated angular and temporal dependencies of molecular alignment parameter.

authors

• Schuessler, Hans

published proceedings

• Opt Express

author list (cited authors)

• Kaya, N., Kaya, G., Sayrac, M., Boran, Y., Anumula, S., Strohaber, J., Kolomenskii, A. A., & Schuessler, H. A.

citation count

• 11

complete list of authors

• Kaya, N||Kaya, G||Sayrac, M||Boran, Y||Anumula, S||Strohaber, J||Kolomenskii, AA||Schuessler, HA

publication date

• February 2016

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/OE.24.002562

start page

• 2562

end page

• 2576

volume

• 24

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oe.24.002562