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Coherent and incoherent contributions to the carrier-envelope phase control of wave packet localization in quantum double wells

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4874876· OSTI ID:22252844
We study laser excitation processes in a double well potential. The possibility to influence localization via the carrier-envelope phase (CEP) of a laser pulse is investigated for various situations which differ in the nature of the initial state prior to the laser interactions. In more detail, the CEP-dependence of asymmetries in the case where initially the system is described by localized wave packets, eigenstates, or incoherent mixtures are calculated and interpreted within time-dependent perturbation theory. It is investigated which contributions to the asymmetry exist and how they can be modified to reveal a more or less pronounced CEP-effect.
OSTI ID:
22252844
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Issue: 18 Vol. 140; ISSN JCPSA6; ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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