Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 10, 100005(2022)

Rotational dephasing of the molecular alignment by centrifugal distortion [Invited]

Yunxia Huang, Guizhen Liu, and Shuwu Xu*
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  • School of Science, , Nantong 226019, China
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    Paper Information

    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)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.100005

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