Preface |
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1 Dynamics of the Vibrationally Excited Molecules and Clusters Studied by IR-UV and UV-IR Double Resonance Spectroscopy |
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2 Excitation Scheme and Experimental Setup |
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4 | (2) |
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2.1 Picosecond IR-UV pump-probe spectroscopy for VER in S0 |
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4 | (1) |
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2.2 UV-IR double resonance spectroscopy for VER in S1 |
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5 | (1) |
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3 Picosecond Time-Resolved IR-UV Pump-Probe Study of VER in the Electronic Ground State |
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3.1 IVR of the OH stretching vibration of phenol and its isotopomer |
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6 | (3) |
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3.2 IVR of the NH2 stretching vibration of aniline and its isotopmer |
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9 | (3) |
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3.3 IVR and VP of the OH stretch vibration of the H-bonded clusters of phenol |
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4 VER Dynamics in the Electronic Excited State Studied by UV-IR Double Resonance Spectroscopy---Application to 2-Naphthol and Its H-Bonded Clusters |
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18 | (7) |
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4.1 IR spectra of 2-naphthol and its H-bonded clusters in the S1 state |
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18 | (1) |
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4.2 VER dynamics after the UV-IR excitation of bare 2-naphthol |
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19 | (2) |
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4.3 VER dynamics after the UV-IR excitation of H-bonded clusters of 2-naphthol |
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21 | (1) |
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4.3.1 2-Naphthol-H2O H-bonded cluster |
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21 | (1) |
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4.3.2 2-Naphthol-CH3OH H-bonded cluster |
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22 | (1) |
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4.3.3 2-Naphthol-NH3 H-bonded cluster |
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4.3.4 Energetics and the dynamics of the H-bond dissociation and cis → trans isomerization of the H-bonded cluster of 2-naphthol |
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23 | (2) |
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5 Conclusions and Outlook |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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26 | (5) |
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2 Dynamics of a Liquid Droplet Excited by Infrared Multi-Photon Absorption |
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31 | (3) |
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2 Background of Liquid Droplet Dynamics |
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34 | (2) |
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3 Time-Resolved Imaging Experiment |
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3.1 Experimental procedures |
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36 | (2) |
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3.2 Resonant vibrational excitation |
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38 | (6) |
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3.3 Excitation at resonance edge |
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44 | (5) |
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3.4 Comparison between resonant and resonance-edge excitation |
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49 | (2) |
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4 Model Simulation Using Molecular Dynamics |
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51 | (12) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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4.3 Energy dissipation processes upon hemisphere excitation |
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54 | (1) |
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4.3.1 A typical disintegration process observed in snapshots |
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54 | (2) |
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4.3.2 Critical energies in the disintegration dynamics |
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56 | (3) |
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4.3.3 Dynamics in the unexcited region: A shock wave generated above a critical energy |
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59 | (4) |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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64 | (3) |
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3 Electron Spectroscopy of Molecules in Intense Laser Fields |
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67 | (5) |
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72 | (3) |
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3 Comparison Between Molecular and Atomic Electron Spectra |
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75 | (8) |
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4 Photoelectron Angular Distributions in the Rescattering Region |
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83 | (5) |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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4 Selective Bond Breaking in Dissociative Ionization of Ethanol Induced by Tailored Intense Laser Fields |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (3) |
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3 Response of Ethanol to a Variety of Laser Pulse Shapes |
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3.1 Linear chirp dependence |
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97 | (4) |
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101 | (2) |
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103 | (3) |
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3.4 Frequency-doubled fields (2ω) and two-color fields (ω + 2ω) |
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106 | (5) |
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4 Summary and Perspective |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (5) |
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5 Evolution of Transient Structures in Solids and Liquids by Means of Time Resolved X-ray Diffraction and X-ray absorption Fine Structure |
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117 | (68) |
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118 | (1) |
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2 Ultrafast X-ray Spectroscopy |
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2.1 Experimental consideration |
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120 | (1) |
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2.1.1 Pulsed X-ray sources |
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120 | (2) |
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122 | (1) |
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2.1.3 Reaction initiation |
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2.2 Ultrafast X-ray system |
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2.2.1 Subpicosecond pulsed X-ray generation by femtosecond laser driven plasma |
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2.2.3 X-ray flux measurements |
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2.2.4 Efficient focusing of ultrafast hard X-rays |
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2.2.5 Ultrafast X-ray pulse duration measurement |
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128 | (1) |
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2.2.6 Timing of X-ray pulse and femtosecond laser pulse |
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129 | (1) |
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2.3 Ultrafast time resolved X-ray diffraction |
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2.4 Ultrafast time resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy |
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2.4.1 Time resolved EXAFS |
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2.4.2 Experimental consideration |
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2.4.2.1 Comparison between EXAFS and X-ray diffraction |
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2.4.2.2 Energy dispersive spectrometer |
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2.4.2.4 Ultrafast EXAFS data reliability |
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136 | (2) |
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3 Studies of Transient Structures by Means of Time Resolved X-ray probing |
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3.1 Ultrafast lattice deformation and transient structures |
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138 | (1) |
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3.1.1 Ultrafast X-ray diffraction experiments |
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3.1.2 Lattice deformation and sonic wave generated by femtosecond laser pluses |
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3.1.3 A model for lattice deformation |
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3.2 Electron transfer mechanism and photochemistry of metal oxalates |
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144 | (1) |
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3.2.1.1 Photochemistry of ferrioxalate |
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3.2.1.2 Electron transfer mechanism |
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3.2.1.3 Ultrafast experiments |
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3.2.2 Materials and absorption spectra |
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3.2.3 Time resolved optical measurements |
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3.2.3.2 Kinetics of ferrioxalate photoredox reaction excited by 266/267nm |
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3.2.3.3 Optical transient spectra and kinetics of trisoxalato cobaltate (III) |
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155 | (3) |
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3.2.4 Time resolved EXAFS experiments |
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3.2.5 UHF and DFT theoretical calculation |
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3.2.6 Photodissociation and electron transfer mechanism |
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3.2.6.1 Histogram of Fe---O bond length change |
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3.2.6.2 Intermolecular electron transfer of ferrioxalate |
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3.2.6.3 Histogram of Co---O bond length change |
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3.2.6.4 Photodissociation and electron transfer |
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3.2.7 Photoelectron detachment and solvated electron |
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3.2.7.1 Solvated electron absorption spectra |
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3.2.7.2 Electron scavenging |
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3.2.7.3 Photoelectron detachment mechanism |
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3.2.7.4 Charge transfer to solvent band |
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3.2.8 Photochemical quantum yield of ferrioxalate |
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178 | (1) |
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180 | (5) |
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6 Photonic Crystals: From Innovation to Applications |
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185 | (2) |
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2 Fundamental and Background |
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187 | (3) |
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189 | (1) |
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3 Band Structure of Photonic Crystal |
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190 | (6) |
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3.1 Band structure of 1D photonic crystal |
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191 | (2) |
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3.2 Band structure of 2D and 3D photonic crystals |
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193 | (1) |
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3.2.2 2D photonic crystals |
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3.2.3 3D Photonic crystals |
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4 Waveguides and Coupling |
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196 | (4) |
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4.1 Photonic crystal with defects |
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196 | (1) |
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4.2 Transfer matrix method (TMM) |
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4.3 Reflectivity spectra of 1D photonic crystal |
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198 | (1) |
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4.4 Defects in 2D photonic crystal |
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199 | (1) |
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5 Optical Integrated Circuit |
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5.1 The finite difference time domain method (FDTD) |
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201 | (1) |
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5.2 Y-junction and SMF coupling |
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202 | (3) |
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5.3 Y-junction with point defects coupled to a SMF |
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205 | (2) |
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5.4 Coupling in integrated photonic circuit |
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6 Superluminal Propagation |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (1) |
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7 Quantum Computing and Entanglement Generation Using Intramolecular Degrees of Freedom |
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2 Generation of Entanglement and Arbitrary Superposition States Using Vibrational and Rotational Modes of Molecules |
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2.1 Scheme of generation of arbitrary quantum states in vibrational and rotational modes of molecules |
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2.2 Numerical calculation of generation of entanglement and arbitrary superposition states |
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218 | (3) |
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3.2 Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm |
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222 | (2) |
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3.3 Optimal control theory (OCT) |
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224 | (3) |
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3.4 Combination of intramolecular electronic and vibrational states |
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227 | (5) |
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3.5 Combination of intramolecular vibrational and rotational states |
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3.6 Combination of intermolecular rotational states |
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4 Free-Time and Fixed End-Point Optimal Control Theory (FRFP-OCT) |
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4.1 FRFP-OCT in pure state |
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248 | (4) |
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4.2 FRFP-OCT in dissipative media |
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252 | (11) |
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263 | (1) |
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