Title :
Impulsive alignment of N2 with a train of 8 pulses
Author :
Coffee, Ryan N. ; Cryan, James P. ; Bucksbaum, Phil H.
Author_Institution :
SLAC Nat. Accel. Lab., PULSE Inst. for Ultrafast Energy Sci., Menlo Park, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a scheme that exploits the time periodicity of rigid rotors by breaking a single strong alignment pulse into an eight pulse train. Our results show langcos2 thetasrang > 0.6 in nitrogen gas at 1 ATM and 300 K.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; molecule-photon collisions; nitrogen; N2; impulsive alignment; nitrogen gas; pulse train; temperature 300 K; time periodicity; Bandwidth; Nitrogen; Optical attenuators; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Polarization; Probes; Pulse measurements; (020:1670) Coherent optical effects; (020:2649) Strong field laser physics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
