Year: 2017
Author: Mingwei Lei, Qingqing Liang, An Zhang, Chengyin Wu, Hongbing Jiang
Journal of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Vol. 8 (2017), Iss. 1 : pp. 22–25
Abstract
Ionization occurs when strong femtosecond laser pulses propagate in nitrogen gas. The ionized nitrogen molecules are in ground electronic state as well as excited electronic states. In this paper, we study the polarization distribution of the fluorescence emission corresponding to the transition of $N_2^+ (B_2Σ_u^+ → X^2Σ_g^+).$ It is found that the fluorescence polarization exhibits an anisotropic angular distribution relative to the pump laser polarization, which can be attributed to the permanent alignment caused by angular-dependent ionization of neutral nitrogen molecules in strong femtosecond laser fields. The permanent alignment characterized by $‹cos^2θ›$ reaches 3 ⁄ 7 in our experiment where $θ$ is the angle between the molecular axis and the pump laser polarization.
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Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4208/jams.051817.061617a
Journal of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Vol. 8 (2017), Iss. 1 : pp. 22–25
Published online: 2017-01
AMS Subject Headings: Global Science Press
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 4
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