Temporal Coherent Control in Two-Photon Transitions: From Optical Interferences to Quantum Interferences

Temporal coherent control of an excited state wave packet is produced by a sequence of two identical ultrashort laser pulses. We show theoretically and experimentally in the case of the (6s-7d) two-photon transition in Cs that optical and quantum interferences take place and are clearly distinguishe...

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Published in:Physical review letters 1997-04, Vol.78 (14), p.2716-2719
Main Authors: Blanchet, Valérie, Nicole, Céline, Bouchene, Mohamed-Aziz, Girard, Bertrand
Format: Article
Language:English
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Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Physics
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Summary:Temporal coherent control of an excited state wave packet is produced by a sequence of two identical ultrashort laser pulses. We show theoretically and experimentally in the case of the (6s-7d) two-photon transition in Cs that optical and quantum interferences take place and are clearly distinguished.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2716