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35.4.4 Dynamics and Control
As has been discussed throughout this chapter, mo-
lecular motion can be traced with the help of
time-resolved spectroscopy. It is now possible to go
one step further and use laser pulses to control
molecular motion. Employing pulse shapers [35.63]
which allow for the amplitude- and phase-modulation
of a given input field, it was shown that, e.g., the
branching ratio of photo-products in a photochemical
reaction can be influenced by modulating the exci-
tation pulses using feedback algorithms [35.64]. The
field of laser control has been recently reviewed
extensively [35.65–67].
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