Classical dynamics of polar diatomic molecules in external fields
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Universidad de La Rioja
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ISSN: 1434-6060
Any de publicació: 2007
Volum: 41
Número: 1
Pàgines: 95-102
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: European Physical Journal D
Resum
In this paper, we present the study of the global classical dynamics of a rigid diatomic molecule in the presence of combined electrostatic and nonresonant polarized laser fields. In particular, we focus on the collinear field case, which is an integrable system because the z-component P φ of the angular momentum is conserved. The study involves the complete analysis of the stability of the equilibrium points, their bifurcations and the evolution of the phase flow as a function of the field strengths and Pφ. Finally, the influence of the bifurcations on the orientation of the quantum states is studied. © 2006 EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag.