The angular momentum of molecules, or, equivalently, their rotation in three-dimensional
space, is ideally suited for quantum control. Molecular angular momentum is naturally …

The understanding of molecular structure and function is at the very heart of the chemical
and molecular sciences. Experiments that allow for the creation of structurally pure samples …

Recording molecular movies on ultrafast timescales has been a longstanding goal for
unravelling detailed information about molecular dynamics. Here we present the direct …

Iodine (I 2) molecules embedded in He nanodroplets are aligned by a 160 ps long laser
pulse. The highest degree of alignment, occurring at the peak of the pulse and quantified …

The interaction of strong laser fields with matter intrinsically provides a powerful tool for
imaging transient dynamics with an extremely high spatiotemporal resolution. Here, we …

We demonstrate 3D spatial alignment of 3, 5-dichloroiodobenzene molecules embedded in
helium nanodroplets using nonresonant elliptically polarized 160 ps laser pulses at a 1 kHz …

Optimal field-free molecular orientation for a given number of populated states, achieved by
using resonant laser pulses, is theoretically investigated for linear molecules. An optimal …

Strong-field photoelectron momentum imaging of the prototypical biomolecule indole is
disentangled in a combined experimental and computational approach. Experimentally …

A new technique for obtaining switched wave packets using spectrally truncated chirped
laser pulses is demonstrated experimentally and numerically by one-dimensional alignment …

We demonstrate strong laser-field-free orientation of absolute-ground-state carbonyl sulfide
molecules. The molecules are oriented by the combination of a 485-ps-long nonresonant …