Title :
Bimolecular chemistry with shaped ultrafast laser pulses
Author :
Weinacht, T.C. ; Bartels, R.A. ; Kapteyn, H.C. ; Murnane, M.M.
Author_Institution :
Joint Inst. for Lab. Astrophys., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; biochemistry; chemical reactions; high-speed optical techniques; optimisation; reaction rate constants; vibrational states; bimolecular chemical reaction; bimolecular chemistry; closed loop optimization procedure; nontrivial pulse shape dependence; reaction rate; shaped ultrafast laser pulses; Chemical lasers; Optical control; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse measurements; Pulse shaping methods; Vibration measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2001. QELS '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-663-X
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2001.962245
