Decoherence of molecular vibrational wave packets: Oscillatory decay of purity

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Schlesinger, M ^a   Strunz, W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

DIATOMIC MOLECULES; OSCILLATORY DECAY; ROVIBRATIONAL COUPLING; VIBRATIONAL STATES;

WAVE PACKETS;

EID: 38549142636     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.012111     Document Type: Article

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