TY - GEN
T1 - Controlling quantum dynamics phenomena
AU - Rabitz, Herschel
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Since the initial development of lasers in the 1960's, a longstanding dream has been to utilize these special intense radiation (light) sources to redirect the outcome of chemical reactions. In the ensuing years, much effort has gone into attempts at making this dream a reality. Emerging recent successful experiments derive from a confluence of ultrafast laser technology, control theory concepts, and suitable pattern recognition algorithms all drawn together to form adaptive machines. The adaptive machines are being used to manipulate chemical bonds, as well as a broad variety of other atomic and molecular dynamics phenomenon. These advances rest on the ability to delicately shape laser pulses so that they act as a special type of photonic reagents.
AB - Since the initial development of lasers in the 1960's, a longstanding dream has been to utilize these special intense radiation (light) sources to redirect the outcome of chemical reactions. In the ensuing years, much effort has gone into attempts at making this dream a reality. Emerging recent successful experiments derive from a confluence of ultrafast laser technology, control theory concepts, and suitable pattern recognition algorithms all drawn together to form adaptive machines. The adaptive machines are being used to manipulate chemical bonds, as well as a broad variety of other atomic and molecular dynamics phenomenon. These advances rest on the ability to delicately shape laser pulses so that they act as a special type of photonic reagents.
KW - Lasers/laser spectroscopy
KW - Physical chemistry
KW - Theoretical chemistry
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U2 - 10.1117/12.774948
DO - 10.1117/12.774948
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:41149175442
SN - 9780819470607
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - MEMS/MOEMS Components and Their Applications V. Special Focus Topics
T2 - MEMS/MOEMS Components and Their Applications V. Special Focus Topics: Transducers at the Micro-Nano Interface
Y2 - 21 January 2008 through 22 January 2008
ER -