Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 10, 100005(2022)
Rotational dephasing of the molecular alignment by centrifugal distortion [Invited]
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Yunxia Huang, Guizhen Liu, Shuwu Xu, "Rotational dephasing of the molecular alignment by centrifugal distortion [Invited]," Chin. Opt. Lett. 20, 100005 (2022)
Special Issue: ULTRAFAST OPTICS: FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS
Received: Jul. 27, 2022
Accepted: Aug. 15, 2022
Published Online: Aug. 31, 2022
The Author Email: Shuwu Xu (xsw@ntu.edu.cn)