Vibrational ladder climbing with chirped pulses

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Reference L.D. Noordam, D.J. Maas and W.J. van der Zande: Vibrational ladder climbing with chirped pulses In: Ultrafast Phenomena XI : Proceedings of the 11th International Conference, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, July 12-17, 1998 /ed. T. Elsaesser, J.G. Fujimoto, D. Wiersma and W. Zinth, Cham: Springer, 1998. - pp. 462-464

Enhanced vibrational ladder climbing has been demonstrated in NO using picosecond, chirped, free-electron laser pulses. Three steps of the vibrational ladder are climbed within a single infrared laser pulse. Quantum interference in the total yield of rotational pathways is observed.