A Bi-Axial Quantum State That Controls Molecular Collisions Like a Double-Slit Interferometer

To control molecular scattering, we consider hydrogen molecules prepared in a coherent superposition of m states within a single rovibrational (v, j) energy eigenstate using Stark-induced adiabatic Raman passage (SARP). Specifically, SARP can prepare a bi-axial state of the HD molecule in which the...

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Main Authors: William E. Perreault, Haowen Zhou, Nandini Mukherjee, Richard N. Zare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2021.671997/full