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Phys. Rev. A 70, 053406 (2004) [4 pages]

Changing pulse-shape basis for molecular learning control

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David Cardoza1, Florian Langhojer1, Carlos Trallero-Herrero1, Oliver L. A. Monti2, and Thomas Weinacht1
1Department of Physics, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
2Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0041, USA

Received 23 July 2004; published 15 November 2004

We interpret the results of a molecular fragmentation learning control experiment. We show that in the case of a system where control can be related to the structure of the optimal pulse matching the vibrational dynamics of the molecule, a simple change of pulse-shape basis in which the learning algorithm performs the search can reduce the dimensionality of the search space to one or two degrees of freedom.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.70.053406
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.70.053406
PACS:
33.80.Wz, 39.30.+w, 82.53.Eb, 82.50.Nd