Alignment enhancement of molecules embedded in helium nanodroplets by multiple laser pulses

作者:Christiansen Lars; Nielsen Jens H; Pentlehner Dominik; Underwood Jonathan G; Stapelfeldt Henrik
来源:Physical Review A, 2015, 92(5): 053415.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.92.053415

摘要

We show experimentally that field-free one-dimensional (1D) alignment of 1,4-diiodobenzene molecules embedded in helium nanodroplets, induced by a single, linearly polarized 200-fs laser pulse, can be significantly enhanced by using two or four optimally synchronized laser pulses. The strongest degree of 1D alignment is obtained with four pulses and gives < cos(2) theta > > 0.60. Besides the immediate implications for molecular frame studies, our results pave the way for more general manipulation of rotational motion of molecules in He droplets.

  • 出版日期2015-11-10