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Molecular photon echoes as a signature of vibrational cat states

Holger F. Hofmann, Takao Fuji, Atsushi Sugita, Takayoshi Kobayashi

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0005104

Abstract

Quantum interference between two distinct vibrational trajectories induced by two pulse femtosecond excitation in molecules is shown to result in a photon echo, providing direct evidence of the cat state superposition of Gaussian vibrational wavepackets.

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