Light-induced trapping of molecular wave packets in the continuum

A method of adiabatic passage by light-induced potentials (APLIP) to transport the initial wave function to the continuum region was proposed. Thus, the APLIP scheme uses two time-delayed pulses coupling an initial with a final electronic state, which were typically nonresonant with respect to an intermediate electronic potential. The combination of time delays and detuning allows to shape the initial electronic potential so that the population can be inverted to the final electronic potential.