Creation control and measurement of large amplitude vibrational wave packets

Author

Weinacht ; Bartels ; Murnane, Margaret M. ; Kapteyn, Henry C.

Author_Institution

Joint Inst. for Lab. Astrophys., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

19-24 May 2002

Firstpage

230

Lastpage

231

Abstract

Summary form only given. We impulsively create vibrational wave packets in CCl/sub 4/, Cl/sub 2/, CO/sub 2/ and SF/sub 6/ using pulses with durations less than the vibrational periods of these molecules inside a hollow core waveguide. The pulses can be shaped using a deformable mirror pulse shaper to selectively excite vibrations. By monitoring the spectrum of a temporally delayed probe pulse, we can observe the dynamics of the wave packets. We observe wave packet dephasing and rephasing as well as rotational dynamics.

Keywords

carbon compounds; chlorine; optical pulse shaping; optical pumping; organic compounds; sulphur compounds; CO/sub 2/; Cl/sub 2/; SF/sub 6/; carbon tetrachloride; deformable mirror; hollow core waveguide; impulsive creation; large amplitude vibrational wave packets; rotational dynamics; shaped pulses; temporally delayed probe pulse; wave packet dephasing; wave packet dynamics; wave packet rephasing; Carbon compounds; Chlorine; Optical pumping; Organic compounds; Sulfur compounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2002. QELS '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-708-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/QELS.2002.1031352

Filename

1031352