Thomas Weinacht

Thomas Weinacht received his Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of Michigan. His research interests are in strong field coherent control and ultrafast spectroscopy. He has been a professor of Physics at Stony Brook University since 2002.

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Distinguishing between molecules that look the same

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Thomas Weinacht, Published June 22, 2009

optics | chemical

Different molecules with nearly identical absorption spectra can be distinguished with the help of shaped laser pulses and adaptive algorithms.