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Jadoun D, Kowalewski M. Time-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Conical Intersections with Attosecond Pulse Trains. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:8103-8108. [PMID: 34410134 PMCID: PMC8404190 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Conical Intersections (CIs), which are believed to be ubiquitous in molecular and biological systems, open up ultrafast nonradiative decay channels. A superposition of electronic states is created when a molecule passes through a CI and the nuclear wave packet branches. The resulting electronic coherence can be considered a unique signature of the CI. The involved electronic states can be resolved in the energy domain with photoelectron spectroscopy using a femtosecond pulse as a probe. However, the observation of the created electronic coherence in the time domain requires probe pulses with several electron volts of bandwidth. Attosecond pulses can probe the electronic coherence but are unable to resolve the involved electronic states. In this Letter, we propose to address this restriction by using time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy with an attosecond pulse train as a probe. We theoretically demonstrate that the resulting photoelectron spectrum may yield energy resolution as well as the information on the created coherences in the time domain.
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- Deependra Jadoun
- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Albanova University Centre, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Albanova University Centre, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Takatsuka K. Electron Dynamics in Molecular Elementary Processes and Chemical Reactions. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2021. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20200388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Kazuo Takatsuka
- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan
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Schnappinger T, de Vivie-Riedle R. Coupled nuclear and electron dynamics in the vicinity of a conical intersection. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:134306. [PMID: 33832271 DOI: 10.1063/5.0041365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Ultrafast optical techniques allow us to study ultrafast molecular dynamics involving both nuclear and electronic motion. To support interpretation, theoretical approaches are needed that can describe both the nuclear and electron dynamics. Hence, we revisit and expand our ansatz for the coupled description of the nuclear and electron dynamics in molecular systems (NEMol). In this purely quantum mechanical ansatz, the quantum-dynamical description of the nuclear motion is combined with the calculation of the electron dynamics in the eigenfunction basis. The NEMol ansatz is applied to simulate the coupled dynamics of the molecule NO2 in the vicinity of a conical intersection (CoIn) with a special focus on the coherent electron dynamics induced by the non-adiabatic coupling. Furthermore, we aim to control the dynamics of the system when passing the CoIn. The control scheme relies on the carrier envelope phase of a few-cycle IR pulse. The laser pulse influences both the movement of the nuclei and the electrons during the population transfer through the CoIn.
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Ding X, Forbes R, Kübel M, Lee KF, Spanner M, Naumov AY, Villeneuve DM, Stolow A, Corkum PB, Staudte A. Threshold photodissociation dynamics of NO2 studied by time-resolved cold target recoil ion momentum spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:174301. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5095430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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- Xiaoyan Ding
- Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada and University of Ottawa, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
- Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
- National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
- National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada and University of Ottawa, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
- Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
- National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada and University of Ottawa, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
- Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
- National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada and University of Ottawa, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
- National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada and University of Ottawa, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
- Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
- National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
- National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada and University of Ottawa, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
- Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
- National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada and University of Ottawa, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
- Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
- National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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Richter M, González-Vázquez J, Mašín Z, Brambila DS, Harvey AG, Morales F, Martín F. Ultrafast imaging of laser-controlled non-adiabatic dynamics in NO2 from time-resolved photoelectron emission. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:10038-10051. [PMID: 31046039 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp00649d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Imaging and controlling the ultrafast conical intersection dynamics in NO2 using the latest advances in attosecond and light-synthesizer technology.
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- Maria Richter
- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Max-Born-Institute
- Max-Born-Straße 2A
- 12489 Berlin
- Germany
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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von Conta A, Tehlar A, Schletter A, Arasaki Y, Takatsuka K, Wörner HJ. Conical-intersection dynamics and ground-state chemistry probed by extreme-ultraviolet time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3162. [PMID: 30089780 PMCID: PMC6082858 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05292-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (TRPES) is a useful approach to elucidate the coupled electronic-nuclear quantum dynamics underlying chemical processes, but has remained limited by the use of low photon energies. Here, we demonstrate the general advantages of XUV-TRPES through an application to NO2, one of the simplest species displaying the complexity of a non-adiabatic photochemical process. The high photon energy enables ionization from the entire geometrical configuration space, giving access to the true dynamics of the system. Specifically, the technique reveals dynamics through a conical intersection, large-amplitude motion and photodissociation in the electronic ground state. XUV-TRPES simultaneously projects the excited-state wave packet onto many final states, offering a multi-dimensional view of the coupled electronic and nuclear dynamics. Our interpretations are supported by ab initio wavepacket calculations on new global potential-energy surfaces. The presented results contribute to establish XUV-TRPES as a powerful technique providing a complete picture of ultrafast chemical dynamics from photoexcitation to the final products.
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- A von Conta
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8103, Japan
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8103, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Tehlar A, von Conta A, Arasaki Y, Takatsuka K, Wörner HJ. Ab initio calculation of femtosecond-time-resolved photoelectron spectra of NO 2 after excitation to the A-band. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:034307. [PMID: 30037246 DOI: 10.1063/1.5029365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We present calculations of time-dependent photoelectron spectra of NO2 after excitation to the A-band for comparison with extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy. We employ newly calculated potential energy surfaces of the two lowest-lying coupled 2A' states obtained from multi-reference configuration-interaction calculations to propagate the photo-excited wave packet using a split-step-operator method. The propagation includes the nonadiabatic coupling of the potential surfaces as well as the explicit interaction with the pump pulse centered at 3.1 eV (400 nm). A semiclassical approach to calculate the time-dependent photoelectron spectrum arising from the ionization to the eight energetically lowest-lying states of the cation allows us to reproduce the static experimental spectrum up to a binding energy of 16 eV and enables direct comparisons with XUV time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy.
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- Andres Tehlar
- Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan
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- Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Adachi S, Kohguchi H, Suzuki T. Unravelling the Electronic State of NO 2 Product in Ultrafast Photodissociation of Nitromethane. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:270-273. [PMID: 29257692 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b03032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The primary photochemical reaction of nitromethane (NM) after ππ* excitation is known to be C-N bond cleavage (CH3NO2 + hν → CH3 + NO2). On the other hand, NO2 can be formed in both the ground and excited states, and identification of the electronic state of the NO2 product has been a central subject in the experimental and theoretical studies. Here we present time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy using vacuum-ultraviolet probe pulses to observe all transient electronic states of NM and the reaction products. The result indicates that ultrafast internal conversion occurs down to S1 and S0 within 24 fs, and the dissociation proceeds on the S1 surface (τdiss ≲ 50 fs), leading to comparable product yields of NO2(A) and NO2(X). The overall dissociation quantum yield within our observation time window (<2 ps) is estimated to be 0.29.
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- Shunsuke Adachi
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University , Kitashirakawa Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University , Kagamiyama 1-3-1, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University , Kitashirakawa Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Ichikawa H, Takatsuka K. Chemical Modification of Conical Intersections in Photoisomerization Dynamics of Butadiene Derivatives. J Phys Chem A 2016; 121:315-325. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b10680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Hiroki Ichikawa
- Department of Basic Science, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental
Chemistry, Kyoto University, Takano-Nishikiraki-cho 34-4, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan
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von Conta A, Huppert M, Wörner HJ. A table-top monochromator for tunable femtosecond XUV pulses generated in a semi-infinite gas cell: Experiment and simulations. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2016; 87:073102. [PMID: 27475543 DOI: 10.1063/1.4955263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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We present a new design of a time-preserving extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) monochromator using a semi-infinite gas cell as a source. The performance of this beamline in the photon-energy range of 20 eV-42 eV has been characterized. We have measured the order-dependent XUV pulse durations as well as the flux and the spectral contrast. XUV pulse durations of ≤40 fs using 32 fs, 800 nm driving pulses were measured on the target. The spectral contrast was better than 100 over the entire energy range. A simple model based on the strong-field approximation is presented to estimate different contributions to the measured XUV pulse duration. On-axis phase-matching calculations are used to rationalize the variation of the photon flux with pressure and intensity.
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- A von Conta
- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Mukherjee S, Mukherjee B, Sardar S, Adhikari S. Ab initio constructed diabatic surfaces of NO2 and the photodetachment spectra of its anion. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:244307. [PMID: 26723671 DOI: 10.1063/1.4938526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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A thorough investigation has been performed for electronic structure, topological effect, and nuclear dynamics of NO2 molecule, where the adiabatic potential energy surfaces (PESs), conical intersections between the ground (X(2)A1) and the first excited state (A(2)B2), and the corresponding non-adiabatic coupling terms between those states are recalculated [Chem. Phys. 416, 11 (2013)] to achieve enough accuracy in dynamics. We employ beyond Born-Oppenheimer theory for these two state sub-Hilbert space to carry out adiabatic to diabatic transformation (ADT) to obtain the ADT angles and thereby, to construct single-valued, smooth, and continuous diabatic PESs. The analytic expressions for the adiabatic PESs and ADT angles are provided to represent a two-state three-mode diabatic Hamiltonian of NO2 for performing nuclear dynamics to calculate the photo-electron spectra of its anion. It appears that not only Jahn-Teller type coupling but also Renner-Teller interaction contributes significantly on the overall spectrum. The coupling between the electronic states (X(2)A1 and A(2)B2) of NO2 is essentially through the asymmetric stretching mode, where the functional form of such interaction is distinctly symmetric and non-linear.
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- Saikat Mukherjee
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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Arasaki Y, Takatsuka K. Pulse-Train Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Electronic and Nuclear Dynamics in Molecules. Chemphyschem 2013; 14:1387-96. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201201094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2012] [Revised: 03/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Yonehara T, Takatsuka K. Path-Branching Representation for Nonadiabatic Electron Dynamics in Conical Intersection. J Phys Chem A 2013; 117:8599-608. [DOI: 10.1021/jp402655q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Takehiro Yonehara
- Department of Basic
Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, 153-8902 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Basic
Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, 153-8902 Tokyo, Japan
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Yazidi O, Houria AB, Francisco JS, Hochlaf M. Electronic states, conical intersections, and spin-rovibronic spectroscopy of the nitrogen oxide sulfide radical. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:104318. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4794313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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- Ounaies Yazidi
- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Atomique, Moléculaire et Applications-LSAMA, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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Ruf H, Handschin C, Ferré A, Thiré N, Bertrand JB, Bonnet L, Cireasa R, Constant E, Corkum PB, Descamps D, Fabre B, Larregaray P, Mével E, Petit S, Pons B, Staedter D, Wörner HJ, Villeneuve DM, Mairesse Y, Halvick P, Blanchet V. High-harmonic transient grating spectroscopy of NO2 electronic relaxation. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:224303. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4768810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- H Ruf
- Université de Bordeaux-CNRS-CEA, CELIA, UMR5107, F-33400 Talence, France
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Scheit S, Arasaki Y, Takatsuka K. Controlled Dynamics at an Avoided Crossing Interpreted in Terms of Dynamically Fluctuating Potential Energy Curves. J Phys Chem A 2011; 116:2644-53. [DOI: 10.1021/jp2071919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Simona Scheit
- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, 153-8902 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, 153-8902 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, 153-8902 Tokyo, Japan
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Wörner HJ, Bertrand JB, Fabre B, Higuet J, Ruf H, Dubrouil A, Patchkovskii S, Spanner M, Mairesse Y, Blanchet V, Mével E, Constant E, Corkum PB, Villeneuve DM. Conical Intersection Dynamics in NO
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Probed by Homodyne High-Harmonic Spectroscopy. Science 2011; 334:208-12. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1208664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- H. J. Wörner
- Joint Laboratory for Attosecond Science, National Research Council of Canada and University of Ottawa, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6
- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Joint Laboratory for Attosecond Science, National Research Council of Canada and University of Ottawa, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6
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- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Université de Bordeaux, CEA, CNRS, UMR5107, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France
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- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Université de Bordeaux, CEA, CNRS, UMR5107, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France
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- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Université de Bordeaux, CEA, CNRS, UMR5107, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France
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- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Université de Bordeaux, CEA, CNRS, UMR5107, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France
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- Joint Laboratory for Attosecond Science, National Research Council of Canada and University of Ottawa, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6
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- Joint Laboratory for Attosecond Science, National Research Council of Canada and University of Ottawa, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6
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- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Université de Bordeaux, CEA, CNRS, UMR5107, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France
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- Laboratoire Collisions Agrégats Réactivité (IRSAMC), UPS, Université de Toulouse, F-31062 Toulouse, France and CNRS, UMR 5589, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Université de Bordeaux, CEA, CNRS, UMR5107, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France
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- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Université de Bordeaux, CEA, CNRS, UMR5107, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France
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- Joint Laboratory for Attosecond Science, National Research Council of Canada and University of Ottawa, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6
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- Joint Laboratory for Attosecond Science, National Research Council of Canada and University of Ottawa, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6
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Mitrić R, Petersen J, Wohlgemuth M, Werner U, Bonačić-Koutecký V. Field-induced surface hopping method for probing transition state nonadiabatic dynamics of Ag3. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:8690-6. [PMID: 21483897 DOI: 10.1039/c0cp02935a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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We present the simulation of time-resolved photoelectron spectra of Ag(3) involving excitation from the linear transition state, where nonadiabatic relaxation takes place in a complex manifold of electronic states. Thus, we address ultrafast processes reachable by negative ion-to neutral-to positive ion (NeNePo) spectroscopy starting from the linear Ag anionic species. For this purpose we use our newly developed field-induced surface hopping method (FISH) augmented for the description of photoionization processes. Furthermore we employ our method for nonadiabatic molecular dynamics "on the fly" in the framework of time-dependent density functional theory generalized for open shell systems. Our presented approach is generally applicable for the prediction of time-resolved photoelectron spectra and their analysis in systems with complex electronic structure as well as many nuclear degrees freedom. This theoretical development should serve to stimulate new ultrafast experiments.
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- Roland Mitrić
- Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
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Fuji T, Suzuki YI, Horio T, Suzuki T, Mitrić R, Werner U, Bonačić-Koutecký V. Ultrafast photodynamics of furan. J Chem Phys 2011; 133:234303. [PMID: 21186867 DOI: 10.1063/1.3518441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Ultrafast photodynamics of furan has been studied by time-resolved photoelectron imaging (TRPEI) spectroscopy with an unprecedented time resolution of 22 fs. The simulation of the time-dependent photoelectron kinetic energy distribution (PKED) has been performed with ab initio nonadiabatic dynamics "on the fly" in the frame of time-dependent density functional theory. Based on the agreement between experimental and theoretical time-dependent photoelectron signal intensity as well as on PKED, precise time scales of ultrafast internal conversion from S(2) over S(1) to the ground state S(0) of furan have been revealed for the first time. Upon initial excitation of the S(2) state which has π-π* character, a nonadiabatic transition to the S(1) state occurs within 10 fs. Subsequent dynamics invokes the excitation of the C-O stretching and C-O-C out of plane vibrations which lead to the internal conversion to the ground state after 60 fs. Thus, we demonstrate that the TRPEI combined with high level nonadiabatic dynamics calculations provide fundamental insight into ultrafast photodynamics of chemically and biologically relevant chromophores.
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- Takao Fuji
- Chemical Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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Arasaki Y, Wang K, McKoy V, Takatsuka K. Monitoring the effect of a control pulse on a conical intersection by time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:8681-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp02302g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mitrić R, Petersen J, Wohlgemuth M, Werner U, Bonačić-Koutecký V, Wöste L, Jortner J. Time-Resolved Femtosecond Photoelectron Spectroscopy by Field-Induced Surface Hopping. J Phys Chem A 2010; 115:3755-65. [DOI: 10.1021/jp106355n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Roland Mitrić
- Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany,
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
- Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Split, Meštrovićevo Šetalište bb., HR-21000 Split, Croatia
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- Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany,
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- School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Elkharrat C, Picard YJ, Billaud P, Cornaggia C, Garzella D, Perdrix M, Houver JC, Lucchese RR, Dowek D. Ion Pair Formation in Multiphoton Excitation of NO2 Using Linearly and Circularly Polarized Femtosecond Light Pulses: Kinetic Energy Distribution and Fragment Recoil Anisotropy. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:9902-18. [DOI: 10.1021/jp103672h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- C. Elkharrat
- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, UMR8214 Univ Paris-Sud et CNRS, Bat. 350, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France, Service Photons Atomes & Molécules, CEA IRAMIS, Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, Saclay, Bat. 522, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France, and Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, UMR8214 Univ Paris-Sud et CNRS, Bat. 350, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France, Service Photons Atomes & Molécules, CEA IRAMIS, Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, Saclay, Bat. 522, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France, and Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, UMR8214 Univ Paris-Sud et CNRS, Bat. 350, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France, Service Photons Atomes & Molécules, CEA IRAMIS, Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, Saclay, Bat. 522, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France, and Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, UMR8214 Univ Paris-Sud et CNRS, Bat. 350, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France, Service Photons Atomes & Molécules, CEA IRAMIS, Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, Saclay, Bat. 522, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France, and Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, UMR8214 Univ Paris-Sud et CNRS, Bat. 350, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France, Service Photons Atomes & Molécules, CEA IRAMIS, Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, Saclay, Bat. 522, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France, and Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, UMR8214 Univ Paris-Sud et CNRS, Bat. 350, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France, Service Photons Atomes & Molécules, CEA IRAMIS, Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, Saclay, Bat. 522, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France, and Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, UMR8214 Univ Paris-Sud et CNRS, Bat. 350, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France, Service Photons Atomes & Molécules, CEA IRAMIS, Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, Saclay, Bat. 522, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France, and Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, UMR8214 Univ Paris-Sud et CNRS, Bat. 350, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France, Service Photons Atomes & Molécules, CEA IRAMIS, Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, Saclay, Bat. 522, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France, and Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, UMR8214 Univ Paris-Sud et CNRS, Bat. 350, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France, Service Photons Atomes & Molécules, CEA IRAMIS, Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, Saclay, Bat. 522, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France, and Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255
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Arasaki Y, Takatsuka K, Wang K, McKoy V. Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of wavepackets through a conical intersection in NO2. J Chem Phys 2010; 132:124307. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3369647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Irimia D, Petsalakis ID, Theodorakopoulos G, Janssen MHM. Coherent oscillatory femtosecond dynamics in multichannel photodynamics of NO2 studied by spatially masked electron imaging. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:3157-66. [PMID: 19928822 DOI: 10.1021/jp909031p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The femtosecond multiphoton photoionization and dissociation dynamics of NO(2) have been studied in a two-color pump-probe experiment at 400 and 266 nm using velocity map ion imaging in conjunction with photoelectron imaging. We report here a series of experiments focusing on the oscillatory patterns in pump-probe transients of the photoelectron signal. By using the technique of spatially masked imaging detection, we can select different photoelectron channels enabling the rapid measurement of energy selected transients with good signal-to-noise ratio. At short delay times (<300 fs) the dominant process is dissociative multiphoton ionization by 3 x 400 nm + 1 x 266 nm excitation to a repulsive potential energy surface of the NO(2)(+) cation correlating to NO(+)((1)Sigma(+)) + O((3) P) and the ejection of a 0.37 eV electron. At longer delay times (>400 fs), the release of high-energy electrons (0.88 eV) is observed attributed to a three-photon absorption at 400 nm to Rydberg and valence type excited states of neutral NO(2) leading to predissociation and the production of NO(+) + O((3)P) from a one-photon ionization at 266 nm. At longer delay times (>400 fs) a second slow (near 0 eV) photoelectron channel is observed that is associated with one photon excitation at 400 nm to the first excited A(2)B(2) state of NO(2) followed by two-photon excitation at 266 nm leading to near threshold ionization and dissociation to NO(+) + O((3)P). Distinctive oscillatory patterns were found in the pump-probe transients of the photoelectron yield for both the slow and the fast photoelectron channels but with different periods of about 750 fs (slow) or 590 fs (fast). Extensive polarization experiments are reported for both linear and circular polarized pump and probe laser geometries. We discuss the oscillatory mechanism in relation to ab initio calculations of relevant Rydberg and valence type excited states of NO(2) near 9.3 eV. We propose that an oscillating wavepacket of mixed Rydberg and valence character that predissociates is responsible for the observed oscillations in the transients of the fast (0.88 eV) photoelectron channel.
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- Daniel Irimia
- Laser Centre and Department of Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit, de Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Hamard JB, Cireasa R, Chatel B, Blanchet V, Whitaker BJ. Quantum interference in NO2. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:3167-75. [PMID: 20070094 DOI: 10.1021/jp909129g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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This paper investigates the origin of a quantum interference observed when NO(2) is dissociatively ionized by short pulses of ultraviolet light. We describe time-resolved measurements of NO(+), O(+), and NO(2)(+) ions produced following the interaction of NO(2) with a approximately 70 fs duration pulse centered close to 400 nm and a subsequent time-delayed probe pulse close to 269, 205, or 400 nm. A quantum beat oscillation with a period of 524 fs and a characteristic damping time of 8 ps is observed on all transient ion signals. We investigate the effect of tuning the central wavelength of the excitation pulse over a 12 nm range, and we discuss the potential importance of three possible multiphoton pathways involving one, two, and three pump photons. We conclude that the ionization pathway responsible for the beat signal is most likely due to a process involving the absorption of two pump photons and two probe photons. This presents an interesting problem with respect to the interpretation of the mechanism responsible for the quantum interference signature since the electronic states of NO(2) reached at the two-photon level are all thought to be extremely short-lived and to dissociate on a time scale that is far shorter than the characteristic damping time of the oscillatory signals. We suggest that a possible explanation for the observed dynamics is associated with a minor dissociation channel of the (2)(2)B(2) state of NO(2) through its interaction with the longer lived (2)(2)A(1) state.
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- J B Hamard
- Université de Toulouse, UPS, 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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Arasaki Y, Takatsuka K. Optical conversion of conical intersection to avoided crossing. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2010; 12:1239-42. [DOI: 10.1039/b919504a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Liu B, Zhu J, Wang B, Wang Y, Wang L. Time-Resolved Dynamics of NO2 in Its Conical Intersection Region. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:13839-44. [DOI: 10.1021/jp907041a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Benkang Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian 116023, China, and Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian 116023, China, and Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian 116023, China, and Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian 116023, China, and Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian 116023, China, and Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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Vredenborg A, Roeterdink WG, Janssen MHM. Femtosecond time-resolved photoelectron-photoion coincidence imaging of multiphoton multichannel photodynamics in NO2. J Chem Phys 2008; 128:204311. [PMID: 18513023 DOI: 10.1063/1.2924134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The multiphoton multichannel photodynamics of NO(2) has been studied using femtosecond time-resolved coincidence imaging. A novel photoelectron-photoion coincidence imaging machine was developed at the laboratory in Amsterdam employing velocity map imaging and "slow" charged particle extraction using additional electron and ion optics. The NO(2) photodynamics was studied using a two color pump-probe scheme with femtosecond pulses at 400 and 266 nm. The multiphoton excitation produces both NO(2) (+) parent ions and NO(+) fragment ions. Here we mainly present the time dependent photoelectron images in coincidence with NO(2) (+) or NO(+) and the (NO(+),e) photoelectron versus fragment ion kinetic energy correlations. The coincidence photoelectron spectra and the correlated energy distributions make it possible to assign the different dissociation pathways involved. Nonadiabatic dynamics between the ground state and the A (2)B(2) state after absorption of a 400 nm photon is reflected in the transient photoelectron spectrum of the NO(2) (+) parent ion. Furthermore, Rydberg states are believed to be used as "stepping" states responsible for the rather narrow and well-separated photoelectron spectra in the NO(2) (+) parent ion. Slow statistical and fast direct fragmentation of NO(2) (+) after prompt photoelectron ejection is observed leading to formation of NO(+)+O. Fragmentation from both the ground state and the electronically excited a (3)B(2) and b (3)A(2) states of NO(2) (+) is observed. At short pump probe delay times, the dominant multiphoton pathway for NO(+) formation is a 3x400 nm+1x266 nm excitation. At long delay times (>500 fs) two multiphoton pathways are observed. The dominant pathway is a 1x400 nm+2x266 nm photon excitation giving rise to very slow electrons and ions. A second pathway is a 3x400 nm photon absorption to NO(2) Rydberg states followed by dissociation toward neutral electronically and vibrationally excited NO(A (2)Sigma,v=1) fragments, ionized by one 266 nm photon absorption. As is shown in the present study, even though the pump-probe transients are rather featureless the photoelectron-photoion coincidence images show a complex time varying dynamics in NO(2). We present the potential of our novel coincidence imaging machine to unravel in unprecedented detail the various competing pathways in femtosecond time-resolved multichannel multiphoton dynamics of molecules.
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- Arno Vredenborg
- Laser Centre and Department of Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit, de Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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