Titlepage
Introduction
Vibrational Cooling
Vibrational Cooling and Entropy
Strategy for vibrational cooling
Selective excitation
Spontaneous relaxation
1st Excitation-Relaxation Step
7th Excitation-Relaxation Step
Conclusion
Author: S. G. Schirmer
E-mail: S.G.Schirmer@open.ac.uk
Homepage: http://mcs.open.ac.uk/sgs58
Further information: presented at the 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control in Sydney, Australia, December 2000 (Inv. Presentation 3006)