Ultrafast Optics Group

Quantum Coherent Control

When a final state of a quantum interaction can be reached through several paths, the transition rate can be modified by changing the phases of the interfering transition amplitudes. Those phases could be controlled through the optical phase of the exciting light. This is the underlying principle of quantum coherent control.

Our group demonstrated some of the basic principles of quantum control with shaped femtosecond pulses using simple atomic and molecular systems, and later demonstrated its application to spectroscopy and microscopy.

Below are some of our key publications in the field. For a broader review see: “Quantum Coherent Control for Nonlinear Spectroscopy and Microscopy”, Yaron Silberberg, Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem. 2009.60 (2009)

	“Pythagorean coupling: Complete population transfer in a four-state system”, H. Suchowski, Y. Silberberg and D.B. Uskov, Phys. Rev. A 84, 013414,(2011) PDF “Focusing and compression of ultrashort pulses through scattering media”, O. Katz, E. Small, Y. Bromberg and Y. Silberberg, Nature Photonics 5, 372-377,(2011) PDF “Single-pulse stimulated Raman scattering spectroscopy”, H. Frostig, O. Katz, A. Natan and Y. Silberberg, Opt. Lett.36, 1248-1250,(2011) PDF “Wireless adiabatic power transfer”, A. A. Rangelov, H. Suchowski, Y. Silberberg and N.V. Vitanov ANNALS OF PHYSICS 326, 626-633,(2011) PDF
	“Broadband nonlinear frequency conversion” H. Suchowski, B.D. Bruner, A. Arie and Y. Silberberg Optics Photonics News, Oct. 2010 pp. 36 (2010) PDF “Single-beam coherent Raman spectroscopy and microscopy via spectral notch shaping” O. Katz, J. M. Levitt, E. Grinvald, and Y. Silberberg Optics Express, p. 22693 (2010) PDF “Compressive Fourier Transform Spectroscopy“ O. Katz, J. M. Levitt, Y. Silberberg, arXiv:1006.2553 PDF “Strong-field spatiotemporal ultrafast coherent control in three-level atoms”, B.D. Bruner, H. Suchowski, N.V. Vitanov and Y. Silberberg, Phys. Rev. A 81, 063410 (2010). PDF “Tracing the photodissociation probability of H₂⁺ in intense fields using chirped laser pulses”, V. S. Prabhudesai, U. Lev, A. Natan, B. D. Bruner, A. Diner, O. Heber,D. Strasser, D. Schwalm, I. Ben-Itzhak, J. J. Hua, B. D. Esry, Y. Silberberg, and D. Zajfman, Phy. Rev A 81, 023401 (2010). PDF
	“Two-dimensional phase-only spatial light modulators for dynamic phase and amplitude pulse shaping”, E. Frumker and Y. Silberberg J. Modern Opt. 56, 2049-2054, (2009) PDF ''Single-pulse standoff nonlinear Raman spectroscopy'', A. Natan, O. Katz, S. Rosenwaks and Y. Silberberg, Proceedings of Ultrafast Phenomena XVI, Springer Series in Chemical Physics , Vol. 92 (2009). PDF “Strong Field Coherent Control Using 2D Spatio-Temporal Mapping'', B.D. Bruner, H. Suchowski, A. Natan, and Y. Silberberg, Proceedings of Ultrafast Phenomena XVI, Springer Series in Chemical Physics , Vol. 92 (2009). PDF “Quantum Coherent Control for Nonlinear Spectroscopy and Microscopy” Yaron Silberberg, Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 2009.60 (2009) PDF
	“Shaped Femtosecond Pulses for Remote Chemical Detection”, O. Katz, A. Natan, S. Rosenwaks and Y. Silberberg, Opt. Phot. News Dec 2008, 47 . PDF “Geometrical representation of sum frequency generation and adiabatic frequency conversion” H. Suchowski, D. Oron and Y. Silberberg, Phys. Rev. A78, 063821 (2008). PDF “Spatio-temporal coherent control of atomic systems: weak to strong field transition and breaking of symmetry in 2D maps” H. Suchowski, A. Natan, B.D. Bruner and Y. Silberberg, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 41, 074008 (2008). PDF “Standoff detection of trace amounts of solids by nonlinear Raman spectroscopy using shaped femtosecond pulses” O. Katz, A. Natan, S. Rosenwaks, and Y. Silberberg, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 171116 (2008). PDF "Phase and amplitude pulse shaping with two-dimensional phase-only spatial light modulators", Eugene Frumker and Yaron Silberberg, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24, 2940 (2008).PDF
	"Femtosecond pulse shaping using a two-dimensional liquid-crystal spatial light modulator" E. Frumker and Y. Silberberg, Opt. Lett. 32, 1384 (2007) PDF
	"Transformation from an ultrashort pulse to spatiotemporal speckle by a thin scattering surface" E. Tal and Y. Silberberg, Opt. Lett. 31 3529-3531 PDF “Generation of a dark nonlinear focus by spatio-temporal coherent control”, H. Suchowski, D. Oron and Y. Silberberg, Opt. Comm. 264, 482-487 (2006). PDF “Full control of the spectral polarization of ultrashort pulses”, L. Polachek , D. Oron, Y. Silberberg Opt. Lett. 31 631-633 (2006). PDF
	“Efficient polarization gating of high-order harmonic generation by polarization-shaped ultrashort pulses”, Dan Oron, Yaron Silberberg, Nirit Dudovich, and David M. Villeneuve, Phys. Rev. A 72, 063816 (2005) PDF “Femtosecond pulse-shape modulation at nanosecond rates”, E. Frumker, E. Tal, and Y. Silberberg, Opt. Lett. 30, 2796, (2005) PDF “Harmonic generation with temporally focused ultrashort pulses”, D. Oron and Y. Silberberg, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B22, 2660 (2005). PDF “Spatiotemporal coherent control using shaped, temporally focused pulses” D. Oron and Y. Silberberg, Opt. Express 13, 9903 (2005). PDF “Improved depth resolution in video-rate line-scanning multiphoton microscopy using temporal focusing”, Tal E, Oron D, Silberberg Y, Opt. Lett. 30, 1686-1688 (2005). PDF “Scanningless Depth-resolved Microscopy”, D. Oron, E. Tal and Y. Silberberg, Opt. Express 13 , 1428 (2005). PDF “Temporal Shaping of Entangled Photons”, A. Pe’er, B. Dayan, A.A. Friesem and Y. Silberberg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 , 073601 (2005). PDF “Simple Route to Strong-Field Coherent Control”, N. Dudovich, T. Polack, A. Pe’er and Y. Silberberg,Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 , 083002 (2005). PDF “Nonlinear Interactions with an Ultrahigh Flux of Broadband Entangled Photons” , B. Dayan, A. Pe’er, A.A. Friesem and Y. Silberberg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 , 043602 (2005). PDF
	“Quantum Lithography by Coherent Control of Classical Pulses” A. Pe’er, B. Dayan, M. Vucelja, Y. Silberberg and A. A. Friesem, Opt. Express. 12, 6600 (2004). PDF “Third Harmonic generation with Cylindrical Gaussian Beams”, D. Oron and Y. Silberberg, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 21 , 1964 (2004). PDF “All-optical processing in coherent nonlinear spectroscopy ”, D. Oron, N. Dudovich and Y. Silberberg, Phys Rev. A. 70 , 023415 (2004). PDF “Coherent control with a twist”, Y. Silberberg , Nature, 430, 624 (2004). PDF “Optical code-division multiple access using broad band parametrically generated light”, A. Pe’er, B. Dayan, Y. Silberberg and A.A. Friesem ,J. Lightwave Technol. 22, 1463 (2004). PDF “Two-photon absorption and coherent control with broadband down converted light” , B. Dayan, A. Peer, A.A. Friesem and Y. Silberberg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 , 023005 (2004). PDF “Femtosecond pulse-shape modulation at kilohertz rates”, E.Frumker,D.Oron,D.Mandelik,and Y.Silberberg, Opt. Lett. 29 , 890 (2004) PDF “Quantum Control of the Angular Momentum Distribution in Multiphoton Absorption Processes” , N. Dudovich, D. Oron, and Y. Silberberg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 , 103003 (2004). PDF
	“Femtosecond Phase-and-Polarization Control for Background-Free Coherent anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy”, D. Oron, N. Dudovich and Y. Silberberg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 , 213902 (2003). PDF “Single-pulse coherent anti-Stokes CARS spectroscopy in the fingerprint spectral region”, N. Dudovich, D. Oron and Y. Silberberg, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 9208 (2003). PDF “Coherent Control with Broadband Squeezed Vacuum”, B. Dayan, A. Pe’er, A.A. Friesem and Y. Silberberg, arXiv: quant-ph 302038 Feb 2003. PDF
	“Single-pulse Phase-Contrast Nonlinear Raman Spectroscopy”, D. Oron, N. Dudovich and Y. Silberberg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 , 273001 (2002). PDF “Single-pulse Phase-Contrast Nonlinear Raman Spectroscopy”, D. Oron, N. Dudovich and Y. Silberberg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 , 273001 (2002). PDF “Single-pulse Coherently Controlled Nonlinear Raman Spectroscopy and Microscopy”, N. Dudovich, D. Oron, and Y. Silberberg, Nature 418 , 512 (2002). PDF “Quantum Control of Coherent anti-Stokes Raman Processes”, D. Oron, N. Dudovich, D. Yelin and Y. Silberberg, Phys. Rev. A 65 , 043408 (2002). PDF “Coherent Transient Enhancement of Optically Induced Resonant Transitions” , N. Dudovich, D. Oron, and Y. Silberberg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 , 123004 (2002). PDF “Narrow-Band Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Signals from Broad-Band Pulses ” , D. Oron, N. Dudovich, D. Yelin and Y. Silberberg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 , 63004-1 (2002). PDF “Physics at the Attosecond Frontier”, Y. Silberberg, Nature , 414 , 494 (2001). PDF
	“Transform-limited pulses are not optimal for resonant multiphoton transitions”, N. Dudovich, B. Dayan, S. M. Gallagher Faeder and Y. Silberberg, Phys. Rev. Lett., 86, 47 (2001). PDF
	“Coherent Quantum Control of Multiphoton Transitions by Shaped Ultrashort Optical Pulses”, D. Meshulach and Y. Silberberg, Phys. Rev. A., 60, 1287 (1999). PDF
	“Adaptive Compression and Shaping of Femtosecond Pulses”, D. Meshulach, D. Yelin and Y. Silberberg, in Optics in 1998, Optics and Photonics News, December 1998. “Coherent Quantum Control of Two-Photon Transitions by a Femtosecond Laser Pulse” , D. Meshulach and Y. Silberberg, Nature, 396, 239-242 (1998). PDF "Control of Noiselike Pulse Generation in Erbium-Doped Fiber Lasers" M. Horowitz and Y. Silberberg, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., 10, 1389 (1998). “Adaptive Real-Time Femtosecond Pulse Shaping”, D. Meshulach, D. Yelin and Y. Silberberg, JOSA B, 15, 1615 (1998). PDF
	“Adaptive Femtosecond Pulse Compression”, D. Yelin, D. Meshulach and Y. Silberberg, Opt. Lett., 22, 1793 (1997). PDF “Measurement of Ultrashort Optical Pulses by Third Harmonic Generation”, D. Meshulach, Y. Barad, and Y. Silberberg, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 14, 2122 (1997). PDF “Real-Time Spatial-Spectral Interference Measurements of Ultrashort Optical Pulses” , D. Meshulach, D. Yelin, and Y. Silberberg, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 8, 2095 (1997). PDF “Noise-Like Pulses with Broadband Spectrum Generated from an Erbium Doped Fiber Laser”, M. Horowitz, Y. Barad, and Y. Silberberg, Opt. Lett., 22, 799 (1997). PDF “Adaptive Ultrashort Pulse Compression and Shaping”, D. Meshulach, D. Yelin, and Y. Silberberg, Opt. Commun. 138, 345 (1997).