@inbook{5765,
  author = {D. J. Maas and D. I. Duncan and A. F. G. van der Meer and W. J. van der Zande and L. D. Noordam and P. Lambropoulos and H. Walther},
  title = {Vibrational ladder climbing in NO using ultrashort IR laser pulses},
  abstract = {Chirped excitation of an electronic ladder system has shown complete transfer of the population to the top-level of the ladder system. Similar excitation of vibrational ladders in molecules may provide a tool for state-selective chemistry. Experimental results on the climbing of the anharmonic vibrational ladder of nitric oxide (NO), by irradiating the molecule with femtosecond infrared (IR) pulses, are presented. The free-electron laser FELIX is tuned to lambda = 5.3 mu m with a bandwidth of Delta lambda = 0.3 mu m, corresponding to a pulse duration of 150 femtoseconds. Transfer to the excited states of NO is monitored by 1+1 REMPI. Population is found up to v = 5, the highest level within reach of the IR bandwidth. The average transfer per step of the ladder is found to be 17%.},
  year = {1997},
  journal = {Multiphoton Processes 1996},
  volume = {154},
  pages = {308-317},
  isbn = {0951-32480-7503-0443-X},
  language = {eng},
}