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Chinese Physics Letters

Weak Electrostatic Field Orientation of Cold KRb Molecules Enhanced by a Shaped Laser Pulse

Yunxia Huang, Shuwu Xu, Xiao-Hua Yang

Published Aug 1, 2013• 2 citations
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Abstract

We theoretically investigate the orientation of the cold KRb molecules in a weak electrostatic field assisted by a shaped laser pulse. The results show that the slow turn-on and rapid turn-off laser pulse can enhance the molecular orientation of KRb significantly, and a high degree of molecular orientation of more than 0.9 can be obtained when the electrostatic field is as low as 3kV/cm. In addition, the influences of the electrostatic field strength and the parameters of the laser pulse are studied in detail.

DOI
10.1088/0256-307x/30/8/083701

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