Genetic algorithms applied to the control of the dynamics of diatomic molecules

• Grant number: 11/24105-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: February 28, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Atomic and Molecular Physics
• Principal Investigator: Emanuel Fernandes de Lima
• Grantee: Murilo Deliberali Forlevesi
• Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas (IGCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Genetic algorithms are global optimization methods inspired on the evolution theory. The idea of this project is to apply these techniques to the laser pulse optimization aiming at controlling the dynamics of diatomic molecules. In order to represent a diatom under the action of a laser we consider the classical driven Morse oscillator model. Thus, we intend to control several molecular processes, such as vibrational excitation, photodissociation and photoassociation. (AU)