Laser Induced Selective Alignment of Water Spin Isomers
Quantum Physics
2009-11-13 v1 Chemical Physics
Abstract
We consider laser alignment of ortho and para spin isomers of water molecules by using strong and short off-resonance laser pulses. A single pulse is found to create a distinct transient alignment and antialignment of the isomeric species. We suggest selective alignment of one isomeric species (leaving the other species randomly aligned) by a pair of two laser pulses.
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@article{arxiv.0809.4626,
title = {Laser Induced Selective Alignment of Water Spin Isomers},
author = {E. Gershnabel and I. Sh. Averbukh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.4626},
year = {2009}
}
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6 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables