Nature Communications (Dec 2018)
All-optical field-free three-dimensional orientation of asymmetric-top molecules
- Kang Lin,
- Ilia Tutunnikov,
- Junjie Qiang,
- Junyang Ma,
- Qiying Song,
- Qinying Ji,
- Wenbin Zhang,
- Hanxiao Li,
- Fenghao Sun,
- Xiaochun Gong,
- Hui Li,
- Peifen Lu,
- Heping Zeng,
- Yehiam Prior,
- Ilya Sh. Averbukh,
- Jian Wu
Affiliations
- Kang Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University
- Ilia Tutunnikov
- AMOS and Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Junjie Qiang
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University
- Junyang Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University
- Qiying Song
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University
- Qinying Ji
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University
- Wenbin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University
- Hanxiao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University
- Fenghao Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University
- Xiaochun Gong
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University
- Hui Li
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University
- Peifen Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University
- Heping Zeng
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University
- Yehiam Prior
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University
- Ilya Sh. Averbukh
- AMOS and Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Jian Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07567-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Alignment and orientation of the molecules allows studying the photon-molecule interactions in greater detail. Here the authors demonstrate the three-dimensional orientation of SO2 molecules in using COLTRIMS and orthogonally polarized laser pulses but in the absence of DC field.