Quantum control experiment reveals solvation-induced decoherence

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 7714-7717

  Van Der Walle, P ^a   Milder, M T W ^a   Kuipers, L ^a,b   Herek, J L ^a,b  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coherent control; Quantum control spectroscopy; Solvation dynamics

Indexed keywords

DYE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SOLVATION; VISCOSITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; COLORING AGENTS; COUMARINS; LASERS; PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 66049125954     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901833106     Document Type: Article

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