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Alignment and Orientation of Hexapole State-Selected Molecules

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The ability to control the orientation of small polar molecules is an important step toward experiments such as X-ray diffraction and high-harmonic generation, where structural information or ultrafast molecular dynamics can be reconstructed in the molecular frame. We present experiments where we have combined hexapole state-selection and the application of a strong DC electric field with the use of short, intense shaped laser pulses in order to demonstrate and optimize impulsive alignment and orientation of NO molecules under field-free conditions. Good agreement of the experimental results with theoretical predictions is found. In addition, impulsive alignment and orientation was investigated theoretically for a set of molecules that can be used state-selected by means of hexapole focusing.

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge O. Ghafur, W. Siu, and S. Stolte, who have been involved in all the experiments presented in this chapter. The authors thank P. Johnsson for fruitfull discussions. This work is part of the research program of the “Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM),” which is financially supported by the “Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO).”

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  2. Max Born Institute, Max Born Strasse 2A, 12489, Berlin, Germany

    Arnaud Rouzée & Marc J. J. Vrakking

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Rouzée, A., Gijsbertsen, A., Vrakking, M.J.J. (2010). Alignment and Orientation of Hexapole State-Selected Molecules. In: Yamanouchi, K., Gerber, G., Bandrauk, A. (eds) Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science VI. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 99. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15054-8_3

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