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Direct Imaging of Laser-driven Ultrafast Molecular Rotation
Published on: February 4, 2017
Collision photography: polarization imaging of atom-molecule collisions
R Goldstein1, C Figl, J Grosser
1Institut für Atom- und Molekülphysik, Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany.
Abstract:
We report differential scattering experiments on the laser excitation of Na + M collision pairs with M = N(2), CO, C(2)H(2), and CO(2). The collision event is probed by the laser polarization revealing geometric and electronic properties of the collision pair. The experimental data are compared to the results of a Monte Carlo trajectory simulation using ab initio quantum chemical data.
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