Observation of Coherent Transient Birefringence in CVapor
- 26 May 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 34 (21) , 1299-1302
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.34.1299
Abstract
We have observed short-duration birefringence in C vapor 38 and 76 psec after excitation with a mode-locked (∼ 5 psec duration) 1.06-μm glass: laser pulse. These bursts are attributed to the time evolution of a coherent sum of rotational superposition states.
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