Molecules in sculpted fields
Subtitle: magnetic field effects and multipole transitions
Contributors: Cohen, Adam E.; Mahadevan, Lakshminarayanan; Walsworth, Ronald; Khaneja, Navin
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Description: This thesis describes work related to the theme of sculpted electromagnetic fields - engineered fields with particular spatial patterns - and their interactions with molecules. We are motivated by the following questions: what are ways of detecting spatial patterns in electromagnetic fields? What are possible applications of spatially engineered fields? Are there molecular transitions that are dark to plane waves but that can be probed by sculpted fields?
Notes: Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2013