Experimental observation of Raman chirped adiabatic rapid passage
J F Xia, J H Sanderson, W-K Liu +1 more
In this letter, we present the first experimental results of climbing a vibrational ladder by Raman chirped adiabatic rapid passage. We obtain the bandwidth necessary for this experiment by utilizing pulses from a unique dual-wavelength high-intensity laser. The vibrationally excited molecules are field ionized by an intense 180 fs laser pulse, enabling us to probe the extent of the vibrational excitation of the symmetric stretch based on an enhanced ionization calculation.
Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics•Oct 20, 2003•10 citations