Title :
Prospects for emission tomography of nonclassical molecular vibrational states
Author :
Walmsley, Ian A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. It can be shown that the time- and frequency-resolved fluorescence from an excited diatomic molecule is allied closely to a representation of the state that lies somewhere between the Wigner and Husimi distributions. We have developed a method; that allows reconstruction of the representation using techniques from computer-assisted tomography, and have measured the distributions for highly localized vibrational states excited by ultrashort laser pulses in diatomic sodium.
Keywords :
Wigner distribution; emission tomography; fluorescence; high-speed optical techniques; quantum optics; sodium; time resolved spectra; vibrational states; Husimi distributions; Na/sub 2/; Wigner distributions; computer-assisted tomography; diatomic sodium; emission tomography; excited diatomic molecule; frequency-resolved fluorescence; highly localized vibrational states; molecular vibration; nonclassical molecular vibrational states; time-resolved fluorescence; ultrashort laser pulses; Atom optics; Consumer electronics; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Particle measurements; Plasma displays; Spectroscopy; Stimulated emission; Tomography; Vibrations;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1996. QELS '96., Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-444-0
