The propensity of molecules to spatially align in intense light fields

Details The propensity of molecules to spatially align in intense light fields The propensity of molecules to spatially align in intense light fields

2000-04-26

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0004069v1

Physics

Atomic Physics

8 pages, 4 figures, to be submitted to PRL

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.63.045401

The propensity of molecules to spatially align along the polarization vector of intense, pulsed light fields is related to readily-accessible parameters (molecular polarizabilities, moment of inertia, peak intensity of the light and its pulse duration). Predictions can now be made of which molecules can be spatially aligned, and under what circumstances, upon irradiation by intense light. Accounting for both enhanced ionization and hyperpolarizability, it is shown that {\it all} molecules can be aligned, even those with the smallest static polarizability, when subjected to the shortest available laser pulses (of sufficient intensity).

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