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Optical control of the rotational angular momentum of a molecular Rydberg wave packet

Minns, RS; Patel, R; Verlet, JRR; Fielding, HH; (2003) Optical control of the rotational angular momentum of a molecular Rydberg wave packet. PHYS REV LETT , 91 (24) , Article 243601. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.243601. Green open access

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Abstract

An intuitive scheme for controlling the rotational quantum state of a Rydberg molecule is demonstrated experimentally. We determine the accumulated phase difference between the various components of a molecular electron wave packet, and then employ a sequence of phase-locked optical pulses to selectively enhance or depopulate specific rotational states. The angular momentum composition of the resulting wave packet, and the efficiency of the control scheme, is determined by calculating the multipulse response of the time-dependent Rydberg populations.

Type: Article
Title: Optical control of the rotational angular momentum of a molecular Rydberg wave packet
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.243601
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.243601
Language: English
Additional information: © 2003 The American Physical Society
Keywords: FEMTOSECOND LASER-PULSES, PHASE, DYNAMICS
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/120066
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