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Impulsive Laser Induced Alignment of Molecules Dissolved in Helium Nanodroplets

  • We show that a 450 fs nonresonant, moderately intense, linearly polarized laser pulse can induce field-free molecular axis alignment of methyliodide (CH3I) molecules dissolved in a helium nanodroplet. Time-resolved measurements reveal rotational dynamics much slower than that of isolated molecules and absence of the sharp transient alignment recurrences characteristic of gas phase molecules. Our results presage a range of new opportunities for exploring both molecular dynamics in a dissipative environment and the properties of He nanodroplets.

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Author:Dominik Pentlehner, Jens H. Nielsen, Alkwin Slenczka, Klaus Mølmer, Henrik Stapelfeldt
Parent Title (English):Physical Review Letters
Document Type:Contribution to a Periodical
Language:English
Publication Year:2013
Tag:Helium nanodroplets; mpulsive Laser Induced Alignment
Issue:110
faculties / departments:Fakultät für Chemische Technologie und Wirtschaft
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie
6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften / 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten