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The influence of the carrier envelope phase (CEP) on the field-free orientation of the NaI molecule is investigated theoretically. The molecular orientation steered by a single-cycle terahertz (THz) pulse is studied by solving exactly the time-dependent Schrödinger equation including the rovibrational degrees of freedom. We find that the field-free orientation is dependent on the central frequency and CEP of the single-cycle pulse. The CEP of single-cycle THz pulse affects the field-free orientation mainly via changing the population distributions of rotational states. By choosing the CEP of single-cycle THz pulse at the appropriate central frequency, the maximum value of the degree of field-free orientation, ⟨cosθ⟩, can reach 0.80. Moreover, we find that the duration of effective orientation (|⟨cosθ⟩| ≥ 0.5) is relatively long in certain regions of the laser central frequency and the CEP.
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Pang, Y., Han, YC., Zhao, ZY. et al. The influence of carrier envelope phase of single-cycle THz pulse on field-free orientation of NaI molecules. Eur. Phys. J. D 70, 94 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2016-60476-3
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