Imaging quantum vibrations on an ultrashort timescale: the deuterium molecular ion

Julie McKenna; Chris Calvert; Tomas Bryan; R E English; Elizabeth Wood; Christopher Murphy; I.C.E. Turcu; John Smith; K.G. Ertel; O. Chekhlov; E.J. Divall; Jim McCann; Anna Newell; Ian Williams

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/58/1/085

Imaging quantum vibrations on an ultrashort timescale: the deuterium molecular ion

Julie McKenna, Chris Calvert, Tomas Bryan, R E English, Elizabeth Wood, Christopher Murphy, I.C.E. Turcu, John Smith, K.G. Ertel, O. Chekhlov, E.J. Divall, Jim McCann, Anna Newell, Ian Williams

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The vibrational wavepacket revival of a basic quantum system is demonstrated experimentally. Using few-cycle laser pulse technology, pump and probe imaging of the vibrational motion of D+2 molecules is conducted, and together with a quantum-mechanical simulation of the excited wavepacket motion, the vibrational revival phenomenon has been characterised. The simulation shows good correlation with the temporal motion and structural features obtained from the data, relaying fundamental information on this diatomic system.

Original language	English
Article number	085
Pages (from-to)	375-378
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	58
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/58/1/085
Publication status	Published - 01 Jan 2007
Event	13th International Conference on Physics of Highly Charged Ions - QUB, Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 28 Aug 2006 → 01 Sept 2006 http://www.hci2006.qub.ac.uk/

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McKenna, J., Calvert, C., Bryan, T., English, R. E., Wood, E., Murphy, C., Turcu, I. C. E., Smith, J., Ertel, K. G., Chekhlov, O., Divall, E. J., McCann, J., Newell, A., & Williams, I. (2007). Imaging quantum vibrations on an ultrashort timescale: the deuterium molecular ion. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 58(1), 375-378. Article 085. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/58/1/085

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