title: Control of nuclear dynamics with strong ultrashort laser pulses.
abstract: We demonstrate how the evolution of a bound vibrational wave packet can be controlled by a strong field laser pulse. We consider two different control schemes within the same molecule (CH(2)BrI): reshaping of the wave packet via strong field population transfer ("hole burning"), and redirecting its trajectory by dressing the potential energy surface on which the wave packet evolves ("photon locking"). Our measurements are compared with calculations using wave packet propagation on ab initio potential energy surfaces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA. geissler_dominik@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Geißler
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marquetand
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: González-Vázquez
authors.forename: Leticia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rozgonyi
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weinacht
mesh_terms: D007834:Lasers; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013499:Surface Properties; D014732:Vibration