TY - JOUR
T1 - Control of rotational wave-packet dynamics in asymmetric top molecules
AU - Holmegaard, Lotte
AU - Viftrup, Simon S.
AU - Kumarappan, Vinod
AU - Bisgaard, Christer Z.
AU - Stapelfeldt, Henrik
AU - Hamilton, Edward
AU - Seideman, Tamar
PY - 2007/5/9
Y1 - 2007/5/9
N2 - We combine newly developed experimental and theoretical methods to explore and control the rotations of asymmetric top molecules. In the low-temperature limit, the revival spectra of laser-driven rotational wave packets exhibit a fascinating quantum-mechanical structure, which is qualitatively different for asymmetric tops compared to symmetric or linear tops. With increasing fluence, the structure gradually simplifies, illustrating a controllable transformation of the rotational dynamics. Our theoretical and experimental predictions are in qualitative agreement.
AB - We combine newly developed experimental and theoretical methods to explore and control the rotations of asymmetric top molecules. In the low-temperature limit, the revival spectra of laser-driven rotational wave packets exhibit a fascinating quantum-mechanical structure, which is qualitatively different for asymmetric tops compared to symmetric or linear tops. With increasing fluence, the structure gradually simplifies, illustrating a controllable transformation of the rotational dynamics. Our theoretical and experimental predictions are in qualitative agreement.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.051403
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.051403
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34347352039
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 75
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 5
M1 - 051403
ER -