Field-free molecular orientation enhanced by two dual-color laser subpulses

Abstract

In this paper, we theoretically show that the field-free molecular orientation created by a single dual-color laser pulse can be significantly enhanced by separating it into two time-delayed dual-color subpulses. It is indicated that the maximum enhancement of the molecular orientation created by two time-delayed dual-color subpulses can be achieved with their intensity ratio of about 1:2 and by simultaneously applying the second one at the beginning of the rotational wave packet rephasing or the end of the rotational wave packet dephasing induced by the first one. It is also shown that the enhancement or suppression of the molecular orientation can be coherently manipulated by varying the relative phase between the fundamental field and its second harmonic field of the second dual-color subpulse, and its enhancement is obtained around half rotational period.