title: Controllable generation of partially coherent light pulses with direct space-to-time pulse shaper.
abstract: We demonstrate the possibility of creating user-defined partially coherent light pulses by means of a slight modification of the direct space-to-time pulse shaper. Specifically, we generate a mutual coherence function that corresponds to the independent-elementary-pulse representation model. The theoretical limits in the parameter of global coherence and the efficiency of the system are studied. Our result opens the door to a new way of quantum control in laser-assisted chemical reactions, namely, control by partial coherence.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Física, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain. vtorres@exp.uji.es
authors.forename: Víctor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Torres-Company
authors.forename: Gladys
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mínguez-Vega
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lancis
authors.forename: Ari T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Friberg