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Optimal coherent control of sensitivity and selectivity in spectrochemical analysis

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The number and breadth of coherently controlled chemical processes are escalating exponentially since the recent convergence of stable broadband ultrafast laser sources, robust pulse shaping devices, and closed-loop optimization routines. We show here how these methods can also be applied to spectrochemical analysis. We discuss the basics of optimal coherent control and describe their use, both present and future, to enhance the sensitivity and/or selectivity of several different spectroscopic analytical methods.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks go to Drs Shawn D. McGrane, Margo Greenfield, and R. Jason Scharff for their efforts to actualize these concepts in our laboratories. In addition, Professor Herschel Rabitz has been instrumental in crystallizing our optimal control concepts. This work was performed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the US Department of Energy under contract DE-AC52-06NA25396.

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Moore, D.S. Optimal coherent control of sensitivity and selectivity in spectrochemical analysis. Anal Bioanal Chem 393, 51–56 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-008-2318-z

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