Controlling quantum dynamics with tailored femtosecond light pulses

Bern Kohler; Vladislav V. Yakovlev; Jianwei Che; Jeffrey L. Krause; Michael Messina; Kent R. Wilson; Nikolaus Schwentner; Nikolaus Schwentner; Robert M. Whitnell; Robert M. Whitnell; Yijing Yan; Yijing Yan

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1995),
paper QThH1

Controlling quantum dynamics with tailored femtosecond light pulses

Bern Kohler, Vladislav V. Yakovlev, Jianwei Che, Jeffrey L. Krause, Michael Messina, Kent R. Wilson, Nikolaus Schwentner, Robert M. Whitnell, and Yijing Yan

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 1995

Baltimore, Maryland United States
22–26 May 1995
ISBN: 1-55752-402-5

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Coherent Control of Atomic and Molecular Dynamics (QThH)

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B. Kohler, V. V. Yakovlev, J. Che, J. L. Krause, M. Messina, K. R. Wilson, N. Schwentner, R. M. Whitnell, and Y. Yan, "Controlling quantum dynamics with tailored femtosecond light pulses," in Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, T. Heinz, G. Stegeman, J. Bokor, and R. Slusher, eds., Vol. 16 of OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1995), paper QThH1.

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Abstract

Quantum dynamics can be controlled, at least in principle, by tailoring the frequencies and phases (i.e. coherence) of a light filed which interacts with atoms or molecules. In this experiment we use a tailored, ultra-short pump pulse to control the vibrational dynamics of iodine molecules. Our objective is to excite a wave packet in the bound region of the B electronic state of I₂, which maximally overlaps a minimum-uncertainty target state localized near the outer turning point with a negative momentum.

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