Observation of molecular dissociation along several exit channels with parametric four-wave mixing

Multichannel dissociation of electronically-excited Rb/sub 2/ has been observed with an atomic wavepacket which serves as a sensitive detector. We identify several exit channels through analysis of the amplitude and phase of radiation produced by four-wave-mixing.

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