title: Analytical control of molecular excitations including strong field polarization effects.
abstract: An analytical scheme is presented for designing a laser pulse to excite H2 from one specified vibrational-rotational state to another. The scheme is based on an adiabatic two-state approximation in a Floquet picture. By continuously and smoothly changing the laser frequency, we explicitly harness the dynamic Stark shifts and maintain resonance between the dressed diabatic states during laser-molecule interaction. The explicit time-dependent solution of the Schrödinger equation confirms the validity and efficacy of the analytically designed laser pulses. The scheme depends on the molecular polarizability to achieve its control objectives.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Shiyang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Qinghua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Gabriel G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Balint-Kurti
authors.forename: Frederick R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Manby