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Characterization of transient molecular vibration excited with shaped femtosecond pulses

TitleCharacterization of transient molecular vibration excited with shaped femtosecond pulses
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsKonorov, SO, Xu, XJG, Hepburn, JW, Milner, V
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume130
Pagination5
Date PublishedJun
Type of ArticleArticle
ISBN Number0021-9606
KeywordsCOHERENT, coherent transients, diffraction gratings, laser beams, molecule-photon collisions, optical, quantum optics, quantum theory, RAMAN-SPECTROSCOPY, vibrational states
Abstract

We study vibrational dynamics of molecules interacting with spectrally shaped broadband laser pulses. After performing a single measurement based on cross-correlation frequency resolved optical gating of molecular vibration, complete evolution of the complex-valued quantum coherence between the vibrational states is reconstructed with variable time and frequency resolution. The ability to change the resolution in the analysis of the transient molecular dynamics without repeating the experiment or changing experimental parameters is useful in designing and understanding various schemes of controlling quantum states of molecules.

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