Tailoring of vibrational state populations with light-induced potentials in molecules - art. no. 053413

We propose a method for achieving highly efficient transfer between the vib rational states in a diatomic molecule. The process is mediated by strong l aser pulses and can be understood in terms of light-induced potentials and their vibrational eigenstates. In addition to describing a specific molecul ar system, our results show how, in general, one can manipulate the populat ions of the different quantum slates in double-well systems.