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Quantum state tomography of molecular rotation

Quantum Physics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We show how the rotational quantum state of a linear or symmetric top rotor can be reconstructed from finite time observations of the polar angular distribution under certain conditions. The presented tomographic method can reconstruct the complete rotational quantum state in many non-adiabatic alignment experiments. Our analysis applies for measurement data available with existing measurement techniques.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0512193,
  title  = {Quantum state tomography of molecular rotation},
  author = {Anders S. Mouritzen and Klaus Molmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0512193},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure

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