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_id: '14238'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: We demonstrate that a sodium dimer, Na2(13Σ+u), residing on the surface of
    a helium nanodroplet, can be set into rotation by a nonresonant 1.0 ps infrared
    laser pulse. The time-dependent degree of alignment measured, exhibits a periodic,
    gradually decreasing structure that deviates qualitatively from that expected
    for gas-phase dimers. Comparison to alignment dynamics calculated from the time-dependent
    rotational Schrödinger equation shows that the deviation is due to the alignment
    dependent interaction between the dimer and the droplet surface. This interaction
    confines the dimer to the tangential plane of the droplet surface at the point
    where it resides and is the reason that the observed alignment dynamics is also
    well described by a 2D quantum rotor model.
acknowledgement: H. S. acknowledges support from The Villum Foundation through a Villum
  Investigator Grant No. 25886. M. L. acknowledges support by the European Research
  Council (ERC) Starting Grant No. 801770 (ANGULON). F. J. and R. E. Z. acknowledge
  support from the Centre for Scientific Computing, Aarhus and the JKU scientific
  computing administration, Linz, respectively.
article_number: '053201'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Lorenz
  full_name: Kranabetter, Lorenz
  last_name: Kranabetter
- first_name: Henrik H.
  full_name: Kristensen, Henrik H.
  last_name: Kristensen
- first_name: Areg
  full_name: Ghazaryan, Areg
  id: 4AF46FD6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Ghazaryan
  orcid: 0000-0001-9666-3543
- first_name: Constant A.
  full_name: Schouder, Constant A.
  last_name: Schouder
- first_name: Adam S.
  full_name: Chatterley, Adam S.
  last_name: Chatterley
- first_name: Paul
  full_name: Janssen, Paul
  last_name: Janssen
- first_name: Frank
  full_name: Jensen, Frank
  last_name: Jensen
- first_name: Robert E.
  full_name: Zillich, Robert E.
  last_name: Zillich
- first_name: Mikhail
  full_name: Lemeshko, Mikhail
  id: 37CB05FA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Lemeshko
  orcid: 0000-0002-6990-7802
- first_name: Henrik
  full_name: Stapelfeldt, Henrik
  last_name: Stapelfeldt
citation:
  ama: Kranabetter L, Kristensen HH, Ghazaryan A, et al. Nonadiabatic laser-induced
    alignment dynamics of molecules on a surface. <i>Physical Review Letters</i>.
    2023;131(5). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.053201">10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.053201</a>
  apa: Kranabetter, L., Kristensen, H. H., Ghazaryan, A., Schouder, C. A., Chatterley,
    A. S., Janssen, P., … Stapelfeldt, H. (2023). Nonadiabatic laser-induced alignment
    dynamics of molecules on a surface. <i>Physical Review Letters</i>. American Physical
    Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.053201">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.053201</a>
  chicago: Kranabetter, Lorenz, Henrik H. Kristensen, Areg Ghazaryan, Constant A.
    Schouder, Adam S. Chatterley, Paul Janssen, Frank Jensen, Robert E. Zillich, Mikhail
    Lemeshko, and Henrik Stapelfeldt. “Nonadiabatic Laser-Induced Alignment Dynamics
    of Molecules on a Surface.” <i>Physical Review Letters</i>. American Physical
    Society, 2023. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.053201">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.053201</a>.
  ieee: L. Kranabetter <i>et al.</i>, “Nonadiabatic laser-induced alignment dynamics
    of molecules on a surface,” <i>Physical Review Letters</i>, vol. 131, no. 5. American
    Physical Society, 2023.
  ista: Kranabetter L, Kristensen HH, Ghazaryan A, Schouder CA, Chatterley AS, Janssen
    P, Jensen F, Zillich RE, Lemeshko M, Stapelfeldt H. 2023. Nonadiabatic laser-induced
    alignment dynamics of molecules on a surface. Physical Review Letters. 131(5),
    053201.
  mla: Kranabetter, Lorenz, et al. “Nonadiabatic Laser-Induced Alignment Dynamics
    of Molecules on a Surface.” <i>Physical Review Letters</i>, vol. 131, no. 5, 053201,
    American Physical Society, 2023, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.053201">10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.053201</a>.
  short: L. Kranabetter, H.H. Kristensen, A. Ghazaryan, C.A. Schouder, A.S. Chatterley,
    P. Janssen, F. Jensen, R.E. Zillich, M. Lemeshko, H. Stapelfeldt, Physical Review
    Letters 131 (2023).
date_created: 2023-08-27T22:01:16Z
date_published: 2023-08-04T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-04-14T07:48:54Z
day: '04'
department:
- _id: MiLe
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.053201
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
  arxiv:
  - '2308.15247'
  isi:
  - '001101784100001'
  pmid:
  - '37595218'
intvolume: '       131'
isi: 1
issue: '5'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2308.15247
month: '08'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
pmid: 1
project:
- _id: 2688CF98-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: H2020
  grant_number: '801770'
  name: 'Angulon: physics and applications of a new quasiparticle'
publication: Physical Review Letters
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1079-7114
  issn:
  - 0031-9007
publication_status: published
publisher: American Physical Society
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Nonadiabatic laser-induced alignment dynamics of molecules on a surface
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 131
year: '2023'
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