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  • Molecular physics
  • Laser-matter interactions
  • Quantum optics

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  • Molecules align in laser fields, enabling applications in physics and optics.
  • Adiabatic alignment dynamics are crucial for controlling molecular orientation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate a previously unexplored phenomenon in molecular adiabatic alignment.
  • Describe the physical origin and implications of this phenomenon.
  • Analyze the intensity and temperature dependencies of molecular alignment.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical analysis of molecular alignment dynamics.
  • Derivation of analytical forms for intensity and temperature dependencies.
  • Numerical illustration of the alignment threshold.

Main Results:

  • Discovered a threshold behavior in the intensity dependence of molecular alignment.
  • Alignment rapidly increases above a specific intensity threshold.
  • Intensity and temperature dependencies exhibit universal curves for linear molecules.
  • Alignment threshold occurs below the off-resonance ionization threshold.

Conclusions:

  • The threshold behavior is attributed to a tunneling mechanism that ceases at the threshold intensity.
  • This universal threshold phenomenon in molecular alignment is readily testable experimentally.
  • The findings have implications for controlling molecular orientation in laser fields.