Phys. Rev. A 78, 063416 (2008) [6 pages]Laser-induced selective alignment of water spin isomersReceived 26 September 2008; published 18 December 2008 We consider laser alignment of ortho and para spin isomers of water molecules by using strong and short off-resonance laser pulses. A single pulse is found to create a distinct transient alignment and antialignment of the isomeric species. We suggest selective alignment of one isomeric species (leaving the other species randomly aligned) by a pair of two laser pulses. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.78.063416
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.78.063416
PACS:
32.80.Qk, 33.80.−b, 37.10.Vz, 42.65.Re
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