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The recently developed STIRAP-technique (J. Chem. Phys. 92, 5363 (1990)) is applied to efficient population transfer and alignment of metastable Ne* atoms. Alignment parameters in the range −0.3≧A 20 ≧−1.0 are observed. The degree of alignment can be controlled by changing the angle between the field vectors of the linearly polarized pump- and Stokes-lasers. The transfer efficiency depends also on this angle. The results of numerical calculations agree satisfactorily with the experimental data.
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Rubahn, H.G., Konz, E., Schiemann, S. et al. Alignment of electronic angular momentum by stimulated raman scattering with delayed pulses. Z Phys D - Atoms, Molecules and Clusters 22, 401–406 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01438564
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