Creating rotational coherences in molecules aligned along the intermediate moment of inertia axis

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.10134v1
• Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:30:21 GMT
• Title: Creating rotational coherences in molecules aligned along the intermediate moment of inertia axis
• Authors: Emil J. Zak
• Abstract summary: We propose and computationally study a method for simultaneously orienting the angular momentum of asymmetric top molecules along: 1) a laboratory-fixed direction; 2) the molecular intermediate moment of inertia axis; 3) the laser field wavevector. We utilize a coherent control scheme in which a tailored-pulse optical centrifuge populates rotational states with well defined projections of the total angular momentum onto molecular axes.
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• Abstract: We propose and computationally study a method for simultaneously orienting the angular momentum of asymmetric top molecules along: 1) a laboratory-fixed direction; 2) the molecular intermediate moment of inertia axis; 3) the laser field wavevector. For this purpose we utilize a coherent control scheme in which a tailored-pulse optical centrifuge populates rotational states with well defined projections of the total angular momentum onto molecular axes. Appropriately time-shaped optical centrifuge pulses can leave the rotational wavepacket in peculiar rotational coherences which lead to a good degree of 3-dimensional transient alignment, with an arbitrary molecular axis pointing along the laser pulse propagation direction. As an example, we demonstrate how to generate highly resilient rotational quantum states of D2S in which the molecule rotates mainly about its intermediate inertia axis, such that its electric dipole moment is permanently aligned along the propagation direction of the laser pulse. Applications might include accessing less obscured information in various photo-electron imaging experiments.

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