Picosecond pulse-shaping for strong three-dimensional field-free alignment of generic asymmetric-top molecules

oleh: Terry Mullins, Evangelos T. Karamatskos, Joss Wiese, Jolijn Onvlee, Arnaud Rouzée, Andrey Yachmenev, Sebastian Trippel, Jochen Küpper

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-03-01

Deskripsi

Field-free 3D alignment of complex molecules is an important step toward the imaging of molecular dynamics. Here, the authors demonstrate pulse-shaping of long picosecond pulses for the 3D field-free alignment of the prototypical non-rotation-symmetric molecule indole.