Optimal laser control of molecular systems: Methodology and results

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1281-1315

  Auger, A ^a   Ben Haj Yedder, A ^a   Cances, E ^a   Le Bris, C ^a   Dion, C M ^b   Keller, A ^b   Atabek, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b Lab de Photophysique Molec   (France)

Author keywords

Automatic differentiation; Evolutionary strategies; Optimal control; Optimization; Schr dinger equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036710715     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202502002136     Document Type: Article

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