Is the direct observation of electronic coherence in electron transfer reactions possible?

Details Is the direct observation of electronic coherence in electron transfer reactions possible? Is the direct observation of electronic coherence in electron transfer reactions possible?

1997-09-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9709106v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

14 pages, 9 figures, to be published in J. Chem. Phys

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.475040

The observability of electronic coherence in electron transfer reactions is discussed. We show that under appropriate circumstances large-amplitude oscillations can be found in the electronic occupation probabilities. The initial preparation of the system is of crucial importance for this effect, and we discuss conditions under which experiments detecting electronic coherence should be feasible. The Feynman-Vernon influence functional formalism is extended to examine more general and experimentally relevant initial preparations. Analytical expressions and path integral quantum dynamics simulations were developed to study the effects of various initial preparations on the observability of electronic coherence.

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