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Excitation of an excited state rotational level of a diatomic molecule by circularly polarised light prepares that J′ level with a well defined Mj′ distribution.The excited state ensemble is formed with precisely determined values of the state multipoles k = 0,1,2 these are known as the population,orientation and alignment of the excited state.
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Rowe, M.D., McCaffery, A.J. (1979). The Influence of Hyperfine Coherence and of Elastic Collisions on the Circular Polarisation of Emission from Li2 . In: Kompa, K.L., Smith, S.D. (eds) Laser-Induced Processes in Molecules. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67254-5_16
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