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Current laser technology is capable of generating laser fields from the IR to visible wavelength regions in the form of well-tailored sequences of pulses with controllable phase and envelopes (pulse shape) [1–2]. Such pulses can be used for the efficient preparation of ensembles of atoms or molecules in specific states. This is of considerable interest not only in spectroscopy but also in studies of chemical dynamics [2–4]. Furthermore short pulses allow one to attain electric field strengths ε (V cm-1) or equivalently laser intensities I (W/cm2) = cε 2/8π (c = velocity of light) which are comparable or greater than atomic fields. An important consequence of the progress in this area is that one can greatly enhance radiative transition rates and even ionize molecules. Clearly strong field science and short pulse science are two fields which will become increasingly intertwined. Efficient rapid excitation requires increasingly higher intensities as can be seen from the simple example of a resonantly driven two-level system [6–7].
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Bandrauk, A.D. (1995). Molecules in Laser Fields. In: Yurtsever, E. (eds) Frontiers of Chemical Dynamics. NATO ASI Series, vol 470. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0345-9_6
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