High-power femtosecond chirped pulse excitation of molecules in solution

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作者
Cerullo, G [1 ]
Bardeen, CJ [1 ]
Wang, Q [1 ]
Shank, CV [1 ]
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[1] LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,DIV MAT SCI,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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10.1016/0009-2614(96)01092-5
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The effects of varying the chirp and intensity of an ultrashort pulse exciting the molecules LD690 and LDS750 in room temperature liquid solutions are investigated experimentally and theoretically. For low-power excitation, we find that the absorption and amount of excited state population are independent of chirp, while for high-power excitation we observe a strong chirp dependence. The high-power data results from an intra-pulse pump-dump process which is enhanced by negatively chirped pulses and prevented by positively chirped pulses.
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