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Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review A : Atomic, molecular, and optical physics [1990-2015] Année : 2007

Field-free molecular alignment induced by elliptically polarized laser pulses: Noninvasive three-dimensional characterization

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An investigation of field-free molecular alignment produced by elliptically polarized laser pulses is reported. Experiments are conducted in CO2 at room temperature. A noninvasive all-optical technique, based on the cross defocusing of a probe pulse, is used to measure the alignment along two orthogonal directions which is sufficient to provide a three-dimensional characterization. The field-free molecular alignment produced by a laser of elliptical polarization is in good agreement in terms of amplitude and shape with theoretical predictions. It turns out to be almost equivalent to the superposition of the effects that one would obtain with two individual cross-polarized pulses. The investigation highlights notably the occurrence of field-free twodirection alignment alternation for a suitably chosen degree of ellipticity. The analogy between this specific ellipticity and the well-known “magic angle” used in time-resolved spectroscopy to prevent rotational contributions is discussed.
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hal-00397131 , version 1 (19-06-2009)

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E. Hertz, D. Daems, S. Guerin, H. R. Jauslin, B. Lavorel, et al.. Field-free molecular alignment induced by elliptically polarized laser pulses: Noninvasive three-dimensional characterization. Physical Review A : Atomic, molecular, and optical physics [1990-2015], 2007, 76, pp.043423. ⟨hal-00397131⟩
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