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Wavepacket dynamics in quantum systems has been the subject of numerous studies over the past decade [1-3]. It is generally studied in a pump-probe approach using two time-delayed ultrashort laser pulses. This powerful investigative method led to the observation of many phenomena that were not accessible using standard spectroscopic measurements. The first laser pulse creates a wavepacket in an electronic excited state, which evolves freely before the second laser projects the wavepacket to a final state after a variable delay. This final state is subsequently detected with time independent methods. To reveal the dynamics of the system, it is necessary that the probe step probability varies significantly with the time evolution of the wavepacket.
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Girard, B., Bouchene, M.A., Blanchet, V., Nicole, C., Zamith, S. (2001). Ultrashort Wavepacket Dynamics and Interferences in Alkali Atoms. In: Campargue, R. (eds) Atomic and Molecular Beams. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56800-8_9
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