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Our research centers upon measuring and controlling dynamics in atomic and molecular systems using shaped ultrafast laser pulses. We are working to gain physical insight from closed loop learning control experiments and develop new spectroscopic approaches using shaped laser pulses. We are currently working on experiments to control molecular fragmentation, isomerization and atomic population transfer. Our approach is to work on experiments of varying complexity, and to understand our experimental results through both simple intuitive models and detailed calculations.

Group Winter 2008	Wave Packet Dynamics in CH₂I₂

Clockwise from top-left: Stephen Clow, Brendan Keller, Uvo Holscher, Martin Cohen, Tom Weinacht,Sarah Nichols, Chien-Hung Tseng, Dominik Geissler, Marija Kotur	Wave packet movie illustrating dynamics in the molecule CH₂I₂ following impulsive excitation with an ultrafast laser pulse.
Our research centers upon measuring and controlling dynamics in atomic and molecular systems using shaped ultrafast laser pulses. We are working to gain physical insight from closed loop learning control experiments and develop new spectroscopic approaches using shaped laser pulses. We are currently working on experiments to control molecular fragmentation, isomerization and atomic population transfer. Our approach is to work on experiments of varying complexity, and to understand our experimental results through both simple intuitive models and detailed calculations.