Photoassociation coherent control

Vala, J., Duheu, O., Masnou-Seeuws, F., Pillet, R, and Kosloff, R., Coherent control of cold-molecule formation through photoassociation using a chirped-pulsed-laser field,... 

There have been many proposals to apply coherent control to the photoassociation of cold atoms. A series of theoretical studies by the... 

Fig. 10.30. Experimental setup for FVeiburg experiment searching for coherent control and optimization of photoassociation in Rb2.

The goal of this book is to present in a coherent way the problems of the laser control of matter at the atomic-molecular level, namely, control of the velocity distribution of atoms and molecules (saturation Doppler-free spectroscopy) control of the absolute velocity of atoms (laser cooling) control of the orientation, position, and direction of motion of atoms (laser trapping of atoms, and atom optics) control of the coherent behavior of ultracold (quantum) gases laser-induced photoassociation of cold atoms, photoselective ionization of atoms photoselective multiphoton dissociation of simple and polyatomic molecules (vibrationally or electronically excited) multiphoton photoionization and mass spectrometry of molecules and femtosecond coherent control of the photoionization of atoms and photodissociation of molecules. 

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