Photoabsorption and electron capture are known to induce quantum coherence in molecular dynamics. Here, the authors show that a non-resonant inelastic scattering of incoherent electrons induces such a coherence, which is the most general but hitherto unexplored way of triggering the coherent dynamics in a molecule.
- Akshay Kumar
- Suvasis Swain
- Vaibhav S. Prabhudesai