Researchers from the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY proposed a novel procedure for spinning molecules to tremendously high speeds of several trillion times per second, while keeping control over the axis of their rotation. The results were reported in an article "Controlling rotation in the molecular-frame with in optical centrifuge”, recently published in the Physical Review Research Journal.
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