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Efficient and Long-Lived Field-Free Orientation of Molecules by a Single Hybrid Short Pulse

Hans-rudolf JauslinDavid DaemsStéphane GuérinDominique Sugny

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Field (physics)[ PHYS.QPHY ] Physics [physics]/Quantum Physics [quant-ph]FOS: Physical sciencesGeneral Physics and AstronomyLinear molecular geometry02 engineering and technologyOrientation (graph theory)01 natural scienceslaw.inventionOptics[PHYS.QPHY]Physics [physics]/Quantum Physics [quant-ph]law0103 physical sciencesMolecule010306 general physicsPhysicsQuantum Physicsbusiness.industry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyLaserLinear subspace3. Good healthComputational physicsPulse (physics)Quantum Physics (quant-ph)0210 nano-technologybusiness

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We show that a combination of a half-cycle pulse and a short nonresonant laser pulse produces a strongly enhanced postpulse orientation. Robust transients that display both efficient and long-lived orientation are obtained. The mechanism is analyzed in terms of optimal oriented target states in finite Hilbert subspaces and shows that hybrid pulses can prove useful for other control issues.

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