Excitation, dynamics, and control of rotationally autoionizing Rydberg states of H2.
The dynamics of rotationally autoionizing Rydberg states of molecular hydrogen is investigated using a time-dependent extension of multichannel quantum defect theory, in which the time-dependent wave packets are constructed using first-order perturbation theory. An analytical expression for the complex excitation function for a sequence of Gaussian excitation pulses is derived and then employed to investigate the influence of pairs of pulses with well-defined phase differences on the decay dynamics and final-state composition.
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Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom.
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