TY - JOUR
T1 - Isotope-selective laser molecular alignment
AU - Fleischer, Sharly
AU - Averbukh, I. Sh
AU - Prior, Yehiam
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - We experimentally demonstrate isotope-selective alignment in a mixture of N214, N215 isotopes. Following a strong ultrashort laser pulse rotational excitation, the angular distributions of the isotopes gradually become different due to the mismatch in their moments of inertia. At predetermined times, the desired isotope attains an aligned state while the other component is antialigned, facilitating further selective manipulations by polarized light. By a properly timed second laser pulse, the rotational excitation of the undesired isotope is almost completely removed.
AB - We experimentally demonstrate isotope-selective alignment in a mixture of N214, N215 isotopes. Following a strong ultrashort laser pulse rotational excitation, the angular distributions of the isotopes gradually become different due to the mismatch in their moments of inertia. At predetermined times, the desired isotope attains an aligned state while the other component is antialigned, facilitating further selective manipulations by polarized light. By a properly timed second laser pulse, the rotational excitation of the undesired isotope is almost completely removed.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.041403
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.041403
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AN - SCOPUS:33750449329
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 74
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 4
M1 - 041403
ER -