Abstract
Shaped pulses are routinely used in various applications to alter the excitation dynamics of atoms and molecules.1 Intricately shaped RF pulses, for example, are employed in NMR and MRI studies allowing complex spectra and images to be generated.2 Shaped optical pulses are starting to be used regularly for spectroscopic and dynamics studies as well. The light-matter interaction, however, is complicated by optical density and wavepacket dynamics3 that are not encountered in NMR or MRI.
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