Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 1500–1503 (1992)Teaching lasers to control moleculesReceived 26 August 1991; published in the issue dated 9 March 1992 We simulate a method to teach a laser pulse sequences to excite specified molecular states. We use a learning procedure to direct the production of pulses based on ‘‘fitness’’ information provided by a laboratory measurement device. Over a series of pulses the algorithm learns an optimal sequence. The experimental apparatus, which consists of a laser, a sample of molecules and a measurement device, acts as an analog computer that solves Schrödinger’s equation n/Iexactly, in real time. We simulate an apparatus that learns to excite specified rotational states in a diatomic molecule. © 1992 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.1500
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.1500
PACS:
33.80.-b
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