Abstract
Active laser control of chemical reactions has achieved again considerable attraction 1 due to progress in femtosecond laser technology. One basic idea is that different product channels are opened at different internuclear distances. This can be achieved in the so called Tannor-Kosloff-Rice scheme 2 by controlling the motion of a wave packet on an excited surface. Controlling the internuclear distance of the Na2 molecule in a femtosecond pump-probe MPI experiment confirmed this approach experimentally 3. Other ideas are based on tailored femtosecond laser pulses 4, 5.
© 1996 Optical Society of America
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