Advances in Multi-Photon Processes and Spectroscopy, Volume 22.

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Preface; CONTENTS; 1. Theoretical Foundations for Exploring Quantum Optimal Control of Molecules; 1. Introduction; 2. Time-dependent Molecular Dynamics Equations; 3. Quantum OCT for the State-to-State Transition Probability: The Lagrange Multipliers Method; 4. Theory of QCL for the State-to-State Transition Probability; 4.1. Kinematic critical points; 4.2. Quantum control landscape; 5. A TBQCP for State-to-State Transition Probability Control; 6. Optimal Control in the Weak Field Limit: The Adiabatic NBO Representation.

7. Optimal Control in the Strong Field Limit -- The Adiabatic ENBO Representation8. Optimal Control in the Adiabatic TDBO Representation; 9. Monotonically Convergent Optimal Control Search Algorithms: TBQCP Method; 10. Applications of the Monotonically Convergent TBQCP Method; 10.1. Molecular photoassociation along with vibrational stabilization; 10.2. Selective bond breakage in gas-phase dihalomethanes CH2BrC ; 10.3. Field-free orientation of a OCS thermal ensemble; 10.4. Vibrational excitation of H2 molecules; 11. Summary; Acknowledgments.

Appendix: Alternating Forward/Backward Control Field UpdatingReference; 2. Intramolecular Nuclear Flux Densities; 1. Introduction; 2. Methods, Results and Discussions; 2.1. Experimental results for nuclear flux densities in vibrating Na2 and D+2, deduced from pump-probe spectra; 2.2. Quantum model simulations of the nuclear flux densities in vibrating I2 and H+2; 2.3. Nuclear flux densities in 1D model systems with symmetric double-well potentials; 2.4. Nuclear flux density and induced magnetic field in pseudorotating OsH4 and ReH-4; 3. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Reference.

3. Femtosecond Structural Study of Reacting Excited-State Molecules Through Observation of Nuclear1. Introduction; 2. Nuclear Wavepacket Motions in the Excited State as Observed by Pumb-Probe Measurements; 2.1. Generation and observation of nuclear wavepacket motions; 2.2. Selection rules; 2.3. Setup for ultrafast two-color pump-probe spectroscopy; 2.4. Example: S1 trans-stilbene; 2.4.1. Time-domain signal and its comparison with frequency-domain data; 2.4.2. Quantitative estimation of relative band intensities.

3. Initial Nuclear Wavepacket Motions of Reacting Excited-state Molecules as Observed by Pump-Probe Spectroscopy3.1. Photoisomerization of cis-stilbene; 3.2. Photodissociation of diphenylcyclopropenone; 3.3. Intramolecular proton transfer of 10-hydroxybenzoquinoline; 4. Structural Tracking by Time-resolved Impulsive Raman; 4.1. Time-resolved impulsive stimulated Raman spectroscopy; 4.2. Setup for TR-ISRS experiment; 4.3. TR-ISRS studies of photoisomerization of cis-stilbene; 4.3.1. TR-ISRS measurements; 4.3.2. Comparison with theoretical calculations.

4.4. Conceptual advance: Observation of continuous structural change.

This volume presents the recent progress and perspective in multi-photon processes and spectroscopy of atoms, ions, molecules and solids. The subjects in the series cover the experimental and theoretical investigations in the interdisciplinary research fields of natural science including chemistry, physics, bioscience and material science. Contents: Theoretical Foundations for Exploring Quantum Optimal Control of Molecules (Tak-San Ho, Herschel Rabitz and Shih-I Chu); Intramolecular Nuclear Flux Densities (I Barth, C Daniel, E Gindensperger, J Manz, J F Pérez-Torres, A Schild, C Stemmle, D Sul.

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