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

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

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 …

We conducted a joint theoretical and experimental study to investigate the collisional
dissipation of molecular alignment. By comparing experimental measurements to the …

Angular momentum transfer and wavepacket dynamics of CO2 (g) were measured on the
picosecond time scale using polarization-resolved two-dimensional infrared (2D-IR) …

The rotational dynamics of a molecule is sensitive to neighboring atoms or molecules, which
can be used to probe the intermolecular interactions in the gas phase. Here, we real-time …

The fragmentation dynamics of dicationic dimers of acetylene molecules initiated upon
strong-field laser ionization is studied. Time-resolved pump-probe experiments with …

Molecular chirality is conventionally understood as space-inversion-symmetry breaking in
the equilibrium structure of molecules. Less well known is that achiral molecules can be …

We present a detailed theoretical and experimental study of the rotation of the plane of
polarization of light traveling through a gas of fast-spinning molecules. This effect is similar …

The decay of field-free rotational dynamics is experimentally studied by two complementary
methods: laser-induced molecular alignment and terahertz-field-induced molecular …