Scientific Achievement
- Researchers in the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences (AMOS) program identified simulations in quantum dynamics show the electronic coherence induced in CH3I photodissociation is surprisingly partially transferred into atomic fragments after dissociation
Significance and Impact
- Furthers our understanding of electronic- vibrational couplings in molecular quantum dynamics
- Potential applications include ultrafast quantum technology
Research Details
- New multi-pulse attosecond time-resolved nonlinear spectroscopy proposed for tracing the coherence evolution
- The measurement provides a full quantum state analysis of the generated coherence
Publication Details
P. Rupprecht, F. Montorsi, L. Xu, N. G. Puskar, M. Garavelli, S. Mukamel, N. Govind, D. M. Neumark, D. Keefer, S. R. Leone, Physical Review Letters (2025).
Work was performed at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, University of California Irvine, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Max Planck Society, and the University of Bologna.
