Real-Time Observation of Phase-Controlled Molecular Wave-Packet Interference
Kenji Ohmori, Hiroyuki Katsuki, H. Chiba +5 more
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.
Physical Review Letters•Mar 6, 2006•98 citations