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Alignment transport between ultracold polar molecules.

Jonathan SmuckerJesus Pérez-Ríos
Published in: Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP (2024)
We propose an array of ultracold polar molecules as a platform to study alignment transport between molecules. We envision a polar molecule being aligned with an intense off-resonant laser field whose alignment migrates to a nearby molecule due to dipole-dipole interactions. Our results show that the transport of the alignment is due to a complex interplay between electric field-driven excitations and dipole-dipole interactions. All mechanisms for alignment transfer are elucidated and analyzed. Using NaCs as a prototype molecule, we find that the time for alignment transfer is (10 μs), which makes the phenomena readily observable in the lab.
Keyphrases
  • ionic liquid
  • high throughput
  • mass spectrometry