Title :
Relaxation of optically induced anisotropy in azulene
Author :
Blanchet, V. ; Chatel, B. ; Turri, G. ; Girard, B.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
The relaxation of optically induced anisotropy in azulene has been studied by polarisation sensitive time resolved experiment. The pump pulse by electronically exciting selects a class of molecular orientation and the probe photoionizes it.
Keywords :
anisotropic media; excited states; high-speed optical techniques; light polarisation; molecular orientation; photoionisation; anisotropy relaxation; azulene; electronic excitation; molecular orientation; optically induced anisotropy; photoionization; polarisation sensitive experiment; pump pulse; time resolved experiment; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Geometrical optics; Ionization; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8973-5
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567338