TY - JOUR
T1 - Optimal design of external fields for controlling molecular motion
T2 - application to rotation
AU - Judson, R. S.
AU - Lehmann, K. K.
AU - Rabitz, H.
AU - Warren, W. S.
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledges upport by the National Science Foundation under grants CHE-8719545 (W.S.W.) and CHE-8552757 (K.K.L.). H.R. would like to thank the Army Research Office and the Office of Naval Research for support. R.H.J. would like to acknowledge support from the Texas Advanced Research Projects, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
PY - 1990/6
Y1 - 1990/6
N2 - A general discussion of quantum controllability leads to the specific focus of this work, namely the use of tailored radiation to excite rotational states, either specific |JM〉 states or superposition states which correspond to a high degree of molecular orientation. It is shown that starting from the |00> state it is in principle possible to produce any eigenstate or superposition state given a long enough pulse and specific examples are presented. Highly ordered states, which are useful in a variety of spectroscopic applications, can be prepared by realistic tailored microwave fields.
AB - A general discussion of quantum controllability leads to the specific focus of this work, namely the use of tailored radiation to excite rotational states, either specific |JM〉 states or superposition states which correspond to a high degree of molecular orientation. It is shown that starting from the |00> state it is in principle possible to produce any eigenstate or superposition state given a long enough pulse and specific examples are presented. Highly ordered states, which are useful in a variety of spectroscopic applications, can be prepared by realistic tailored microwave fields.
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U2 - 10.1016/0022-2860(90)80485-3
DO - 10.1016/0022-2860(90)80485-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000395543
SN - 0022-2860
VL - 223
SP - 425
EP - 456
JO - Journal of Molecular Structure
JF - Journal of Molecular Structure
IS - C
ER -