Title :
Laser induced macroscopic vortices in a gas
Author :
Steinitz, Uri ; Prior, Yehiam ; Averbukh, Ilya Sh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. Phys., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot, Israel
Abstract :
Laser induced unidirectional molecular rotation is shown to give rise to macroscopic flow and rotational vortices which last orders of magnitude longer than the collision time or the laser pulse duration.
Keywords :
aerodynamics; vortices; collision time; laser induced macroscopic vortices; laser induced unidirectional molecular rotation; laser pulse duration; macroscopic flow; rotational vortices; Chemical lasers; Gas lasers; Laser theory; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Optical vortices; Physics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
