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Coherent radiative control of molecular photodissociation via resonant two-photon versus two-photon interference

✍ Scribed by Zhidang Chen; Paul Brumer; Moshe Shapiro

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1992
Tongue: English
Weight: 552 KB
Volume: 198
Category: Article
ISSN: 0009-2614
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(92)80034-9

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✦ Synopsis

We show that resonant two-photon versus two-photon interference provides a means of controlling relative photodissociation cross sections even when the initial molecular system is in a mixed state, e.g. in thermal equilibrium. The resultant technique, which also allows cancellation of incoherences due to laser phase fluctuations and the reduction of uncontrolled background photodissociation contributions, is demonstrated computationally on Naz photodissociation, where a wide range of control over branching into Na(3s) fNa(4s) versusNa( 3s) +Na(3p) isachieved.