Abstract
In this paper, we show that it is possible to optically trap, in two or three dimensions, a molecule oriented in space in a single | JKM〉 rotational state of its ground electronic motion. It is readily achieved by shining a far-off resonance laser of moderate intensity on the molecule in a weak, homogenous, orienting electric field E → 0 preceded by an electrostatic hexapole field. The harmonic trapping force depends upon, among other things, the orientation of the laser with respect to E → 0 and the state | JKM〉 of the molecule, in addition to molecular dynamical polarizability.
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