• DocumentCode
    2262284
  • Title

    Molecular orientation and alignment by resonant single-cycle THz fields

  • Author

    Fleischer, Sharly ; Zhou, Yan ; Field, Robert W. ; Nelson, Keith A.

  • Author_Institution
    Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Molecular orientation is now feasible through the interaction of gas phase polar molecules with intense single-cycle THz fields. We explore the effects of resonant multi-rotational level excitation on the molecular angular distribution.
  • Keywords
    microwave photonics; molecular orientation; rotational states; gas phase polar molecules; molecular alignment; molecular angular distribution; molecular orientation; resonant multirotational level excitation; resonant single-cycle THz fields; Chemical lasers; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Temperature measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951556