Femtosecond laser photoelectron spectroscopy on atoms and small molecules: prototype studies in quantum control.
We review prototype studies in the area of quantum control with femtosecond lasers. We restrict this discussion to atoms and diatomics under gas-phase collision-free conditions to allow for a comparison between theory and experiment. Both the perturbative regime and the nonperturbative regime of the light-matter interaction are addressed. To that end, atomic/molecular beam techniques are combined together with femtosecond laser techniques and energy-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy and ion detection. Highly detailed information on the laser-induced quantum dynamics is extracted with the help of kinetic energy-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy.
Wollenhaupt
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Institut für Physik, Universität Kassel, D-34132 Kassel, Germany. wollenhaupt@physik.uni-kassel.de
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Baumert
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D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D007834:Lasers; D010777:Photochemistry; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D013816:Thermodynamics
D007477:Ions