Analytical Control of Molecular Excitations Including Strong Field Polarization Effects

Abstract

An analytical scheme is presented for designing a laser pulse to excite H2 from one specified vibrational-rotational state to another. The scheme is based on an adiabatic two-state approximation in a Floquet picture. By continuously and smoothly changing the laser frequency, we explicitly harness the dynamic Stark shifts and maintain resonance between the dressed diabatic states during laser-molecule interaction. The explicit time-dependent solution of the Schrödinger equation confirms the validity and efficacy of the analytically designed laser pulses. The scheme depends on the molecular polarizability to achieve its control objectives.