title: Field-free two-direction alignment alternation of linear molecules by elliptic laser pulses.
abstract: We show that a linear molecule subjected to a short specific elliptically polarized laser field yields post-pulse revivals exhibiting alignment alternatively located along the orthogonal axis and the major axis of the ellipse. The effect is experimentally demonstrated by measuring the optical Kerr effect along two different axes. The conditions ensuring an optimal field-free alternation of high alignments along both directions are derived.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique de l'Université de Bourgogne, UMR CNRS 5027, BP 47870, 21078 Dijon, France. ddaems@ulb.ac.be
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Daems
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guérin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hertz
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Jauslin
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lavorel
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authors.lastname: Faucher