Coherent control of the population transfer in complex solvated molecules at weak excitation. An experimental study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 18, 2005, Pages

  Prokhorenko, Valentyn I ^a   Nagy, Andrea M ^a   Miller, R J Dwayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MOLECULES; OPTIMAL PULSES; POPULATION KINETICS; POPULATION TRANSFER;

COMPLEXATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HAMILTONIANS; KINETIC THEORY; LASER PULSES; OPTIMIZATION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 18844422712     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1886750     Document Type: Article

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