Abstract
The reconstruction of molecular state by time- and phase-resolved two-color nonlinear wave packet interferometry (WPI) was discussed. The state reconstruction in pure- and mixed-state model systems excited by shaped laser pulses was also analyzed. The nonlinear wave packet interferometry was proposed as a tool for identifying optimized wave packets in coherent control experiments. It was found that the linear WPI measures the interference contribution to an excited-state population, which arise from the overlap between nuclear wave packets.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 060402 |
| Pages (from-to) | 060402-1-060402-4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - Aug 6 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work was supported by the NSF and the J. S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. For helpful comments, we thank T. Dyke, G. R. Fleming, C. B. Harris, R. A. Harris, and A. H. Marcus.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| J. S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | |
| National Science Foundation |