The angular momentum of molecules, or, equivalently, their rotation in three-dimensional
space, is ideally suited for quantum control. Molecular angular momentum is naturally …

The goal of the present article is to review the major developments that have led to the
current understanding of molecule–field interactions and experimental methods for …

Optical pumping of molecules provides unique opportunities for control of chemical
reactions at a wide range of rotational energies. This work reports a chemical reaction with …

Extremely fast rotating molecules whose rotational energy is comparable with the molecular
bond strength are known as “superrotors.” It has been speculated that superrotors may …

We demonstrate an angular high-harmonic spectroscopy method to probe the spinning
dynamics of a molecular rotation wave packet in real time. With the excitation of two time …

Molecular alignment and orientation by laser fields has attracted significant attention in
recent years, mostly due to new capabilities to manipulate the molecular spatial …

Control of the orientation of the angular momentum of linear molecules is demonstrated by
means of laser polarization shaping. For this purpose, we combine two orthogonally …

This paper presents fully ab initio calculations of the broadenings and spectral shapes of O 2
infrared absorption lines in a free gas and when confined in nanoporous media. These …

We directly visualize the spatiotemporal evolution of a unidirectional rotating molecular
rotational wave packet. Excited by two time-delayed polarization-skewed ultrashort laser …

We demonstrate that strong impulsive gas heating or heating suppression at standard
temperature and pressure can occur from coherent rotational excitation or deexcitation of …