Quantum control of molecular processes /
Moshe Shapiro, Paul Brumer.
- 2nd, rev. and enl. ed.
- Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, c2012.
- xvii, 544 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
First ed. published as: Principles of the quantum control of molecular processes. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2003
Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-535) and index.
Preliminaries of the interaction of light with matter -- Weak-field photodissociation -- Weak-field coherent control -- Control of intramolecular dynamics -- Optimal control theory -- Decoherence and its effects on control -- Case studies in coherent control -- Coherent control of bimolecular processes -- The interaction of light with matter : a closer look -- Coherent control with quantum light -- Coherent control beyond the weak-field regime : bound states and resonances -- Photodissociation beyond the weak-field regime -- Coherent control beyond the weak-field regime : the continuum -- Coherent control of the synthesis and purification of chiral molecules -- -- Strong-field coherent control -- Coherent control with few-cycle pulses -- Case studies in optimal control -- Coherent control in the classical limit.