Coherent control of molecular dynamics via adaptive pulse shaping

• Grant number: 14/07270-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2014
• End date: August 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Cleber Renato Mendonça
• Grantee: Renato Juliano Martins
• Supervisor: Niels Harley Damrauer
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Colorado Boulder, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 12/00702-2 - Coherent Control of nonlinear processes via genetic algorithm: study of spectral phase modulation through principal component analysis, BP.DR

Abstract

Pulse shaping has been largely explored due to its potential applications in various branches of optics, including photophysical and photochemical properties of materials. In this project, we propose to study the molecular dynamics in complex systems whose molecular vibrational state can be controlled through adaptive pulse shaping. Using spectroscopy techniques, we are able to explore quantum processes and enhance molecular quantum states formation on materials, aiming at applications in solar cells. (AU)