Control of excited-state population and vibrational coherence with shaped-resonant and near-resonant excitation

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Buckup, T ^a   Hauer, J ^a   Serrat, C ^b,c   Motzkus, M ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; COHERENT LIGHT; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); EXCITED STATES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS;

DENSITY MATRIX SIMULATION; EXCITATION PULSES; EXCITED-STATE POPULATION; VIBRATIONAL COHERENCE;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 42549169809     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/41/7/074024     Document Type: Article

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