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Signatures and control of strong-field dynamics in a complex system

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Meyer,  Kristina
Division Prof. Dr. Thomas Pfeifer, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Liu,  Zuoye
Division Prof. Dr. Thomas Pfeifer, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Müller,  Niklas
Division Prof. Dr. Thomas Pfeifer, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Buckup,  T.
Laser Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Society;

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Motzkus,  M.
Laser Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Society;

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Pfeifer,  Thomas
Division Prof. Dr. Thomas Pfeifer, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Meyer, K., Liu, Z., Müller, N., Mewes, J., Dreuw, A., Buckup, T., et al. (2015). Signatures and control of strong-field dynamics in a complex system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(51), 15613-15618. doi:10.1073/pnas.1509201112.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0029-C841-1
Abstract
Controlling chemical reactions by light, i.e., the selective making and breaking of chemical bonds in a desired way with strong-field lasers, is a long-held dream in science. An essential step toward achieving this goal is to understand the interactions of atomic and molecular systems with intense laser light. The main focus of experiments that were performed thus far was on quantum-state population changes. Phase-shaped laser pulses were used to control the population of final states, also, by making use of quantum interference of different pathways. However, the quantum-mechanical phase of these final states, governing the system's response and thus the subsequent temporal evolution and dynamics of the system, was not systematically analyzed. Here, we demonstrate a generalized phase-control concept for complex systems in the liquid phase. In this scheme, the intensity of a control laser pulse acts as a control knob to manipulate the quantum-mechanical phase evolution of excited states. This control manifests itself in the phase of the molecule's dipole response accessible via its absorption spectrum. As reported here, the shape of a broad molecular absorption band is significantly modified for laser pulse intensities ranging from the weak perturbative to the strong-field regime. This generalized phase-control concept provides a powerful tool to interpret and understand the strong-field dynamics and control of large molecules in external pulsed laser fields.