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Strategies for efficient field-free molecular alignment and its control

Stéphane Guérin

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Physics010304 chemical physicsField (physics)[ PHYS.QPHY ] Physics [physics]/Quantum Physics [quant-ph]business.industryOptical polarizationLaser01 natural sciencesAtomic and Molecular Physics and Opticslaw.inventionMolecular dynamicsOptics[PHYS.QPHY]Physics [physics]/Quantum Physics [quant-ph]law0103 physical sciencesMolecular alignment010306 general physicsbusinessAdiabatic processComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS[PHYS.QPHY] Physics [physics]/Quantum Physics [quant-ph]

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Strategies using shaped laser fields to produce and control efficient field-free alignment are analyzed and compared. It is in particular shown that the strategy recently proposed using a shaped laser field combining an adiabatic ramp with a kick is superior to the bipulse strategy.

https://hal.science/hal-00453521