Coherent control

Coherent control is a quantum mechanics-based method for controlling dynamic processes by light. The basic principle is to control quantum interference phenomena, typically by shaping the phase of laser pulses.^[1]^[2] The basic ideas have proliferated, finding vast application in spectroscopy, mass spectra, quantum information processing, laser cooling, ultracold physics and more.

^ Gordon, Robert J.; Rice, Stuart A. (1997). "Active control of the dynamics of atoms and molecules". Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 48 (1): 601–641. Bibcode:1997ARPC...48..601G. doi:10.1146/annurev.physchem.48.1.601. ISSN 0066-426X. PMID 15012451.
^ Shapiro, Moshe; Brumer, Paul (2000). "Coherent Control of Atomic, Molecular, and Electronic Processes". Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. Vol. 42. Academic Press. pp. 287–345. doi:10.1016/s1049-250x(08)60189-5. ISBN 978-0-12-003842-8. ISSN 1049-250X.

[1] Gordon, Robert J.; Rice, Stuart A. (1997). "Active control of the dynamics of atoms and molecules". Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 48 (1): 601–641. Bibcode:1997ARPC...48..601G. doi:10.1146/annurev.physchem.48.1.601. ISSN 0066-426X. PMID 15012451.

[2] Shapiro, Moshe; Brumer, Paul (2000). "Coherent Control of Atomic, Molecular, and Electronic Processes". Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. Vol. 42. Academic Press. pp. 287–345. doi:10.1016/s1049-250x(08)60189-5. ISBN 978-0-12-003842-8. ISSN 1049-250X.

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