• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 20, Issue 10, 100005 (2022)
Yunxia Huang, Guizhen Liu, and Shuwu Xu*
Author Affiliations
  • School of Science, , Nantong 226019, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202220.100005 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yunxia Huang, Guizhen Liu, Shuwu Xu. Rotational dephasing of the molecular alignment by centrifugal distortion [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(10): 100005 Copy Citation Text show less
    Time-evolved molecular alignment of CO molecules at the rotational temperature (a) T = 300 K, (b) 100 K, and (c) 30 K.
    Fig. 1. Time-evolved molecular alignment of CO molecules at the rotational temperature (a) T = 300 K, (b) 100 K, and (c) 30 K.
    (a) Contour plots in 2D for the amplitude of the alignment signals at different rotational temperatures. (b) Line plots of several typical temperatures in (a).
    Fig. 2. (a) Contour plots in 2D for the amplitude of the alignment signals at different rotational temperatures. (b) Line plots of several typical temperatures in (a).
    Time-evolved molecular alignment around the 10th Trev of (a) CO, (b) CO2, and (c) OCS molecules at the rotational temperature T = 300 K.
    Fig. 3. Time-evolved molecular alignment around the 10th Trev of (a) CO, (b) CO2, and (c) OCS molecules at the rotational temperature T = 300 K.
    Rotational state population of (a)–(c) CO, (d) CO2, and (e) OCS molecules at the rotational temperature (a) T = 30 K, (b) 100 K, and (c)–(e) 300 K.
    Fig. 4. Rotational state population of (a)–(c) CO, (d) CO2, and (e) OCS molecules at the rotational temperature (a) T = 30 K, (b) 100 K, and (c)–(e) 300 K.
    MoleculeB (cm1)D (cm1)D/B (×107)Δα (3)Trev (ps)
    CO1.93a6.1×106a31.60.524b8.64
    CO20.3902c1.19×107c3.052.0d42.7
    OCS0.2039a0.43×107a2.114.67a81.7
    Table 1. Molecular Parameters Used in the Calculations
    Yunxia Huang, Guizhen Liu, Shuwu Xu. Rotational dephasing of the molecular alignment by centrifugal distortion [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(10): 100005
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