Real-Time Observation of Phase-Controlled Molecular Wave-Packet Interference
- 6 March 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 96 (9), 093002
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.96.093002
Abstract
The quantum interference of two molecular wave packets has been precisely controlled in the electronic state of the molecule by using a pair of fs laser pulses whose relative phase is locked within the attosecond time scale and its real-time evolution has been observed by another fs laser pulse. It is clearly observed that the temporal evolution changes drastically as a function of the relative phase between the locked pulses, allowing us to read both amplitude and phase information stored in the wave functions of the molecular ensemble.
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