Abstract
Use of the Stark shift in intense infrared laser fields to trap and align molecules has been proposed recently.1 For the ground state of a molecule the Stark shift in a low frequency laser field is negative. It increases in absolute value when the molecule approaches the center of the focal spot and peaks for molecular orientation parallel to the polarization of the electric field.
© 1996 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
Christian Lisdat, Oleg Bucicov, Marcin Nowak, Sebastian Jung, and Eberhard Tiemann
QThB1 Quantum-Atom Optics Downunder (QAO) 2007
Ross Brown
TuB34 Spectral Hole-Burning and Luminescence Line Narrowing: Science and Applications (SHBL) 1992
Ahmed H. Zewail
MC2 International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena (UP) 1986