Quantum control of molecular rotation

CP Koch, M Lemeshko, D Sugny - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2019 - APS
The angular momentum of molecules, or, equivalently, their rotation in three-dimensional
space, is ideally suited for quantum control. Molecular angular momentum is naturally …

Spatiotemporal rotational dynamics of laser-driven molecules

K Lin, I Tutunnikov, J Ma, J Qiang, L Zhou… - Advanced …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Molecular alignment and orientation by laser fields has attracted significant attention in
recent years, mostly due to new capabilities to manipulate the molecular spatial …

Real-time observation of molecular spinning with angular high-harmonic spectroscopy

L He, P Lan, AT Le, B Wang, B Wang, X Zhu, P Lu… - Physical Review Letters, 2018 - APS
We demonstrate an angular high-harmonic spectroscopy method to probe the spinning
dynamics of a molecular rotation wave packet in real time. With the excitation of two time …

Unveiling Nonsecular Collisional Dissipation of Molecular Alignment

P Wang, L He, Y Deng, S Sun, P Lan, P Lu - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We conducted a joint theoretical and experimental study to investigate the collisional
dissipation of molecular alignment. By comparing experimental measurements to the …

Direct imaging of molecular rotation with high-order-harmonic generation

Y He, L He, P Lan, B Wang, L Li, X Zhu, W Cao, P Lu - Physical Review A, 2019 - APS
Direct imaging of molecular dynamics is a long-standing goal in physics and chemistry. As
an emerging tool, high-order-harmonic spectroscopy (HHS) enables accessing molecular …

Measuring the rotational temperature and pump intensity in molecular alignment experiments via high harmonic generation

Y He, L He, P Wang, B Wang, S Sun, R Liu, B Wang… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a method to simultaneously measure the rotational temperature and pump
intensity in laser-induced molecular alignment by the time-resolved high harmonic …

All-optical measurement of high-order fractional molecular echoes by high-order harmonic generation

B Wang, L He, Y He, Y Zhang, R Shao, P Lan, P Lu - Optics Express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
An all-optical measurement of high-order fractional molecular echoes is demonstrated by
using high-order harmonic generation (HHG). Excited by a pair of time-delayed short laser …

Intermolecular interactions probed by rotational dynamics in gas-phase clusters

C Lu, L Xu, L Zhou, M Shi, P Lu, W Li, R Dörner… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The rotational dynamics of a molecule is sensitive to neighboring atoms or molecules, which
can be used to probe the intermolecular interactions in the gas phase. Here, we real-time …

Echo spectroscopy in multilevel quantum-mechanical rotors

D Rosenberg, R Damari, S Fleischer - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
We study the dynamics of rotational echoes in gas phase molecular ensembles and their
dependence on the delay and intensity of the excitation pulses. We explore the unique …

Multidimensional high-harmonic echo spectroscopy: Resolving coherent electron dynamics in the EUV regime

S Jiang, M Gudem, M Kowalewski… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
We theoretically propose a multidimensional high-harmonic echo spectroscopy technique
which utilizes strong optical fields to resolve coherent electron dynamics spanning an …