Molecular alignment echoes probe collision-induced rotational-speed changes

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2002.01212v3
• Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 09:25:04 GMT
• Title: Molecular alignment echoes probe collision-induced rotational-speed changes
• Authors: J.-M. Hartmann, J. Ma, T. Delahaye, F. Billard, E. Hertz, J. Wu, B. Lavorel, C. Boulet, O. Faucher
• Abstract summary: Collisions reduce the echo amplitude all the more efficiently when the echo appears late. Measurements and calculations demonstrate that collisions reduce the echo amplitude all the more efficiently when the echo appears late.
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• Abstract: We show that the decays with pressure of the alignment echoes induced in N2O-He gas mixtures by two laser pulses with various delays bring detailed information on collision-induced changes of the rotational speed. Measurements and calculations demonstrate that collisions reduce the echo amplitude all the more efficiently when the echo appears late. We quantitatively explain this behavior by the filamentation of the classical rotational phase space induced by the first pulse and the progressive narrowing of the filaments with time. The variation of the echo decay thus reflects the ability of collisions to change the molecules' rotational speed by various amounts, enabling refined tests of models for the dissipation induced by intermolecular forces.

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