Field-free molecular orientation steered by combination of super-Gaussian and THz half-cycle laser pulses*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11674198 and 11874241) and the Taishan Scholar Project of Shandong Province, China.

Cheng Qi-Yuan1, 2, Song Yu-Zhi2, Meng Qing-Tian2, †
       

Maximum degrees of the positive (blue square) and negative (red circle) orientation ⟨cos θmax versus (a) pulse half-duration σ at τ = 463 fs and (b) FWHM τ at σ = 5 ps, where E0 = 120 MV/cm, E1 = 15.5 MV/cm, CEP = 0.5π, td = 1.296 ps, and N = 20.