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

This review provides a comprehensive overview of the applications of helium nanodroplets
in the study of ensembles of atoms and molecules, ie clusters and complexes. These …

We discuss how Coulomb explosion imaging (CEI), triggered by intense femtosecond laser
pulses and combined with laser-induced alignment and covariance analysis of the angular …

We demonstrate that a sodium dimer, Na 2 (1 Σ u+ 3), residing on the surface of a helium
nanodroplet, can be set into rotation by a nonresonant 1.0 ps infrared laser pulse. The 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 …

For more than two decades, encapsulation in superfluid helium nanodroplets has served as
a reliable technique for probing the structure and dynamics of molecules and clusters at a …

Ultracold hybrid ion-atom gases represent an exciting frontier for quantum simulation
offering a new set of functionalities and control. Here, we study a mobile ion immersed in a …

Rotational dynamics of D 2 molecules inside helium nanodroplets is induced by a
moderately intense femtosecond pump pulse and measured as a function of time by …

Molecules with their axes sharply confined in space, available through laser-induced
alignment methods, are essential for many current experiments, including ultrafast molecular …

The relaxation of photoexcited nanosystems is a fundamental process of light–matter
interaction. Depending on the couplings of the internal degrees of freedom, relaxation can …