Published August 2003
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Journal article
Direct imaging of rotational wave-packet dynamics of diatomic molecules
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada K1S 5P3 (Canada)
- 2. Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6 (Canada)
- 3. Department of Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 (Canada)
Description
We use linearly polarized 45 fs pulses to create rotational wave packets in N2 and O2. We Coulomb explode molecules with a high-intensity circularly polarized pulse and use an ion imaging detector to measure a series of two-dimensional projections of the wave packet's angular distribution in 27 fs increments. We highlight the evolving wave packet near the first, second, sixth, and tenth full revival times and also near the one-eighth, one-quarter, one-half, and three-quarter fractional revivals
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 68
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 023406-023406.12
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36082031
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; IONS; MOLECULES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOTON-MOLECULE COLLISIONS; PULSES; ROTATIONAL STATES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; WAVE PACKETS
- Descriptors DEC
- CHARGED PARTICLES; COLLISIONS; DISTRIBUTION; ELEMENTS; ENERGY LEVELS; EXCITED STATES; MOLECULE COLLISIONS; NONMETALS; PHOTON COLLISIONS
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- Notes
- (c) 2003 The American Physical Society