Bimolecular chemistry with shaped ultrafast laser pulses

We demonstrate control over a bimolecular chemical reaction with shaped ultrafast laser pulses for the first time. A nontrivial pulse shape dependence of the reaction rate is discovered inside a closed loop optimization procedure.

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Published inTechnical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. Postconference Technical Digest (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37172) pp. QPD3 - Q1
Main Authors Weinacht, T.C., Bartels, R.A., Kapteyn, H.C., Murnane, M.M.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2001
Subjects
Chemical lasers
Optical control
Optical pulse generation
Optical pulse shaping
Optical pulses
Optical waveguides
Pulse measurements
Pulse shaping methods
Vibration measurement
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Summary:We demonstrate control over a bimolecular chemical reaction with shaped ultrafast laser pulses for the first time. A nontrivial pulse shape dependence of the reaction rate is discovered inside a closed loop optimization procedure.
ISBN:155752663X
9781557526632
DOI:10.1109/QELS.2001.962245