title: Stationary molecular wave packets at nonequilibrium nuclear configurations.
abstract: We study different schemes that allow laser controlled adiabatic manipulation of the bond in diatomic molecules by using sequences of nonresonant time-delayed chirped pulses. The schemes rely on adiabatic passage of the vibrational wave packet by laser-induced potential shaping from the ground electronic state to a laser-stabilized dissociative electronic state by two-photon absorption. The degree of control that is possible over the position (bond length) and width (bond spread) of the vibrational wave packet is compared for the different schemes. The dynamics is analyzed detailing the role of the different control knobs and the conditions that allow or break the adiabatic passage.
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Applied Chemistry (BK21), Kyung-Hee University, Gyeonggi-do 449-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Bo Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Sungyul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ignacio R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Sola