Real-time observation of phase-controlled molecular wave-packet interference.
The quantum interference of two molecular wave packets has been precisely controlled in the B electronic state of the I2 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.
Ohmori
Kenji
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Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan. ohmori@ims.ac.jp
Katsuki
Hiroyuki
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Chiba
Hisashi
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Honda
Masahiro
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Hagihara
Yusuke
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Fujiwara
Katsutoshi
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Sato
Yukinori
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Ueda
Kiyoshi
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