Can stimulated Raman pumping cause large population transfers in isolated molecules

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 135, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Mukherjee, Nandini ^a   Zare, Richard N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT POPULATIONS; ENERGY DIFFERENCES; HYDROGEN MOLECULE; ISOLATED MOLECULES; LARGE POPULATION; METASTABLE LEVELS; MOLECULAR TRANSITIONS; PUMPING EFFICIENCY; RELATIVE DELAY; STIMULATED RAMAN; SUPERSONIC MOLECULAR BEAM;

HYDROGEN; LASER PULSES; MOLECULES; PUMPS;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 81155128079     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3657832     Document Type: Article

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