Filming the Quantum-to-Macroscopic Transition: Capturing Quantum Wavepacket Dynamics in a Laser Plasma
The paper introduces Coherence Lifetime Imaging, a novel single-shot technique capable of recording 2D movies of ultrafast quantum coherence dynamics at 0.2 THz frame rates, which was successfully used to visualize rotational wavepacket evolution in laser-induced plasma and reveal transient shockwave gradients with enhanced chemical reactivity.