title: Real-time observation of phase-controlled molecular wave-packet interference.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan. ohmori@ims.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohmori
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
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authors.lastname: Katsuki
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: Masahiro
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authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Yusuke
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authors.lastname: Hagihara
authors.forename: Katsutoshi
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authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Yukinori
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authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
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authors.lastname: Ueda