Maximum attainable field-free molecular orientation of a thermal ensemble with near–single-cycle THz pulses

Sheng-Lun Liao,1 Tak-San Ho,2 Herschel Rabitz,2 and Shih-I Chu1,3,* 1Center for Quantum Science and Engineering and Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, Republic of China 2Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA 3Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA (Received 3 July 2012; published 25 January 2013)