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Controlling the sense of molecular rotation
Sharly Fleischer, Yuri Khodorkovsky, Yehiam Prior +1
We introduce a new scheme for controlling the sense of molecular rotation. By varying the polarization and the delay between two ultrashort laser pulses, we induce unidirectional m…
Selective Rotational Excitation of Molecular Isotopes and Nuclear Spin Isomers
Sharly Fleischer, Ilya. Sh. Averbukh, Yehiam Prior
Following excitation by a strong ultra-short laser pulse, molecules develop coordinated rotational motion, exhibiting transient alignment along the direction of the laser electric…
Cooling in a Bistable Optical Cavity
Mark Y. Vilensky, Yehiam Prior, Ilya Sh. Averbukh
We propose a generic approach to nonresonant laser cooling of atoms/molecules in a bistable optical cavity. The method exemplifies a photonic version of Sisyphus cooling, in which…
Rotational Control and Selective Isotope Alignment by Ultrashort Pulses
Sharly Fleischer, I. Sh. Averbukh, Yehiam Prior
Strong ultrashort laser pulses give rise to prompt molecular alignment followed by full, half and quarter quantum revivals of the rotational wave packets. In Four Wave Mixing (FWM)…