Manipulation of Molecules with Electromagnetic Fields

TL;DR

This review comprehensively covers the development of techniques for manipulating molecules using electromagnetic fields, highlighting experimental methods, control strategies, and applications in cold molecules and quantum phenomena.

Contribution

It synthesizes major advancements in molecule-field interactions, providing an organized overview of experimental and theoretical progress in the field.

Findings

Advances in controlling molecular beams and orientation.

Development of external field traps for cold molecules.

Insights into ultracold chemistry and many-body phenomena.

Abstract

The goal of the present article is to review the major developments that have led to the current understanding of molecule-field interactions and experimental methods for manipulating molecules with electromagnetic fields. Molecule-field interactions are at the core of several, seemingly distinct, areas of molecular physics. This is reflected in the organization of this article, which includes sections on Field control of molecular beams, External field traps for cold molecules, Control of molecular orientation and molecular alignment, Manipulation of molecules by non-conservative forces, Ultracold molecules and ultracold chemistry, Controlled many-body phenomena, Entanglement of molecules and dipole arrays, and Stability of molecular systems in high-frequency super-intense laser fields. The article contains 853 references.