CAGING PHENOMENA IN REACTIONS - FEMTOSECOND OBSERVATION OF COHERENT, COLLISIONAL CONFINEMENT

Authors
WAN C GUPTA M BASKIN JS KIM ZH ZEWAIL AH
Citation
C. Wan et al., CAGING PHENOMENA IN REACTIONS - FEMTOSECOND OBSERVATION OF COHERENT, COLLISIONAL CONFINEMENT, The Journal of chemical physics, 106(10), 1997, pp. 4353-4356
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
The Journal of chemical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219606
Volume
106
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4353 - 4356
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9606(1997)106:10<4353:CPIR-F>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We report striking observations of coherent caging of iodine, above th e B state dissociation threshold; by single collisions with rare gas a toms at room-temperature. Despite the random nature of the solute-solv ent interaction, the caged population retains coherence of the initial ly prepared unbound wave packet. We discuss some new concepts regardin g dynamical coherent caging and the one-atom cage effect. (C) 1997 Ame rican Institute of Physics.