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Femtosecond Rotational Dynamics of D2 Molecules in Superfluid Helium Nanodroplets

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  • Junjie Qiang, East China Normal University
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  • Lianrong Zhou, East China Normal University
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  • Peifen Lu, East China Normal University
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  • Kang Lin, East China Normal University
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  • Yongzhe Ma, East China Normal University
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  • Shengzhe Pan, East China Normal University
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  • Chenxu Lu, East China Normal University
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  • Wenyu Jiang, East China Normal University
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  • Fenghao Sun, East China Normal University
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  • Wenbin Zhang, East China Normal University
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  • Hui Li, East China Normal University
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  • Xiaochun Gong, East China Normal University
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  • Ilya Sh Averbukh, Weizmann Institute of Science
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  • Yehiam Prior, East China Normal University, Weizmann Institute of Science
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  • Constant A. Schouder
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  • Henrik Stapelfeldt
  • Igor N. Cherepanov, Institute of Science and Technology Austria
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  • Mikhail Lemeshko, Institute of Science and Technology Austria
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  • Wolfgang Jäger, University of Alberta
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  • Jian Wu, East China Normal University, Shanxi University, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Rotational dynamics of D2 molecules inside helium nanodroplets is induced by a moderately intense femtosecond pump pulse and measured as a function of time by recording the yield of HeD+ ions, created through strong-field dissociative ionization with a delayed femtosecond probe pulse. The yield oscillates with a period of 185 fs, reflecting field-free rotational wave packet dynamics, and the oscillation persists for more than 500 periods. Within the experimental uncertainty, the rotational constant BHe of the in-droplet D2 molecule, determined by Fourier analysis, is the same as Bgas for an isolated D2 molecule. Our observations show that the D2 molecules inside helium nanodroplets essentially rotate as free D2 molecules.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer243201
TidsskriftPhysical Review Letters
Vol/bind128
Nummer24
Antal sider7
ISSN0031-9007
DOI
StatusUdgivet - jun. 2022

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