Field-Free Orientation of Molecules with Small Permanent Dipole Moments by Using a Train of Half-Cycle Pulses

We present a scheme aiming at the field-free orientation of molecules with smaller permanent dipole moments under the framework of the half-cycle pulse (HCP) method. Taking the HCCCl molecule as an example, we show that a train of identical HCPs with special time intervals can considerably raise the level of the orientation. The scheme is analytically interpreted in terms of intermittent Rabi oscillations by referring to a simplified two-state model.