Optimal control of multiphoton ionization dynamics of small alkali aggregates

A. Lindinger; A. Bartelt; C. Lupulescu; S. Vajda; Ludger Woste

doi:10.1117/12.544329

17 November 2003 Optimal control of multiphoton ionization dynamics of small alkali aggregates

A. Lindinger, A. Bartelt, C. Lupulescu, S. Vajda, Ludger Woste

Proceedings Volume 5258, IV Workshop on Atomic and Molecular Physics; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.544329
Event: IV Workshop on Atomic and Molecular Physics, 2002, Jurata, Poland

Abstract

We have performed transient multi-photon ionization experiments on small alkali clusters of different size in order to probe their wave packet dynamics, structural reorientations, charge transfers and dissociative events in different vibrationally excited electronic states including their ground state. The observed processes were highly dependent on the irradiated pulse parameters like wavelength range or its phase and amplitude; an emphasis to employ a feedback control system for generating the optimum pulse shapes. Their spectral and temporal behavior reflects interesting properties about the investigated system and the irradiated photo-chemical process. First, we present the vibrational dynamics of bound electronically excited states of alkali dimers and trimers. The scheme for observing the wave packet dynamics in the electronic ground state using stimulated Raman-pumping is shown. Since the employed pulse parameters significantly influence the efficiency of the irradiated dynamic pathways photo-induced ioniziation experiments were carried out. The controllability of 3-photon ionization pathways is investigated on the model-like systems NaK and K₂. A closed learning loop for adaptive feedback control is used to find the optimal fs pulse shape. Sinusoidal parameterizations of the spectral phase modulation are investigated in regard to the obtained optimal field. By reducing the number of parameters and thereby the complexity of the phase moduation, optimal pulse shapes can be generated that carry fingerprints of the molecule's dynamical properties. This enables to find "understandable" optimal pulse forms and offers the possiblity to gain insight into the photo-induced control process. Characteristic motions of the involved wave packets are proposed to explain the optimized dynamic dissociation pathways.

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A. Lindinger, A. Bartelt, C. Lupulescu, S. Vajda, and Ludger Woste "Optimal control of multiphoton ionization dynamics of small alkali aggregates", Proc. SPIE 5258, IV Workshop on Atomic and Molecular Physics, (17 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.544329

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