Quantum coherent dynamics of molecules: A simple scenario for ultrafast photoisomerization

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 407011-407014

  Aalberts, Daniel P ^a   Du Croo De Jongh, M S L ^b   Gerke, Brian F ^a,c   Van Saarloos, Wim ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^c EMMANUEL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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