The Effect of Nuclear-Quadrupole Coupling in the Laser Induced Alignment of Molecules.
@article{Thesing2020TheEO, title={The Effect of Nuclear-Quadrupole Coupling in the Laser Induced Alignment of Molecules.}, author={Linda V. Thesing and Andrey Yachmenev and Rosario Gonz{\'a}lez-F{\'e}rez and Jochen K{\"u}pper}, journal={The journal of physical chemistry. A}, year={2020} }
We present a theoretical study of the time-dependent laser alignment of molecules taking into account the hyperfine coupling due to nuclear-quadrupole interactions. The coupling of nuclear spins to the overall angular momentum of molecules significantly influences their rotational dynamics. Here, we systematically analyze the impact of the nuclear-quadrupole coupling on the rotational dynamics of the linear I2 and the asymmetric-top diiodobenzene molecule induced by external laser fields. We…
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