TY - JOUR
T1 - The Early Era of Laser-Selective Chemistry 1960∼1985
T2 - Roots of Modern Quantum Control
AU - Laforge, Francois O.
AU - Lee, Juneseo
AU - Rabitz, Herschel A.
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PY - 2023/6/15
Y1 - 2023/6/15
N2 - Physicists revolutionized the scientific world when they invented the laser in 1960. During the next two decades, fruitful interplay occurred between theoreticians and experimentalists seeking progress in laser-selective chemistry. In the Early Era, defined as 1960∼1985, scientists gradually realized the immense complexity of the problem of performing tailored manipulations at the molecular scale. However, their efforts opened the doors to a new, broader scientific field of research called quantum control which developed in the Modern Era, defined as 1985 to the present time. This Perspective aims to show that the roots of quantum control may be linked to endeavors to manipulate chemical reactions with lasers and thus reaches as far back as the invention of the laser in 1960. We will emphasize the role of advancing technology, the prescience in the questions raised by researchers, and the role of interdisciplinary research. The Perspective concludes with an assessment of what was achieved in the Early Era.
AB - Physicists revolutionized the scientific world when they invented the laser in 1960. During the next two decades, fruitful interplay occurred between theoreticians and experimentalists seeking progress in laser-selective chemistry. In the Early Era, defined as 1960∼1985, scientists gradually realized the immense complexity of the problem of performing tailored manipulations at the molecular scale. However, their efforts opened the doors to a new, broader scientific field of research called quantum control which developed in the Modern Era, defined as 1985 to the present time. This Perspective aims to show that the roots of quantum control may be linked to endeavors to manipulate chemical reactions with lasers and thus reaches as far back as the invention of the laser in 1960. We will emphasize the role of advancing technology, the prescience in the questions raised by researchers, and the role of interdisciplinary research. The Perspective concludes with an assessment of what was achieved in the Early Era.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00678
DO - 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00678
M3 - Review article
C2 - 37266968
AN - SCOPUS:85162866326
SN - 1948-7185
VL - 14
SP - 5283
EP - 5296
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
IS - 23
ER -