Title :
Coherent control of predissociation of the Rb dimer by chirped femtosecond laser pulses
Author :
Xiao, Y. ; Gao, J. ; Eden, J.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Abstract :
Coherent control of predissociation of the Rb dimer in 8times10-3 Torr of Rb vapor is achieved with chirped femtosecond laser pulses. The preferred dissociation channels for different values of pulse chirp are found experimentally.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; dissociation; high-speed optical techniques; rubidium; Rb; Rb dimer; chirped femtosecond laser pulses; coherent control; dissociation channels; predissociation; pulse chirp; Atomic beams; Chemical lasers; Chirp; Delay effects; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Ultrafast optics; (030.1670) Coherent optical effects; (320.1590) Chirping; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628582
