Prospects for emission tomography of nonclassical molecular vibrational states

Author

Walmsley, Ian A.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

7-7 June 1996

Firstpage

15

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

Filename

865507