Generation and Characterization of Tailored MIR Waveforms for Steering Molecular Dynamics
Abstract
The dream of physico-chemists to control molecular reactions with light beyond electronic excitations pushes the development of laser pulse shaping capabilities in the mid-infrared (MIR) spectral range. Here, we present a compact optical parametric amplifier platform for the generation and shaping of MIR laser pulses in the wavelength range between m and m. Opportunities for judiciously tailoring the electromagnetic waveform are investigated, demonstrating light field control with a spectral resolution of 60 GHz at a total spectral bandwidth of 5 THz. In experiments focusing on spectral amplitude manipulation these parameters result in a time window of 1.8 ps available for shaping the temporal pulse envelope and a phase modulation resolution of 100 mrad for several picosecond delays.
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@article{arxiv.1906.03519,
title = {Generation and Characterization of Tailored MIR Waveforms for Steering Molecular Dynamics},
author = {Markus A. Jakob and Mahesh Namboodiri and Mark J. Prandolini and Tim Laarmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.03519},
year = {2019}
}
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9 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, journal article