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Fábri C, Császár AG, Halász GJ, Cederbaum LS, Vibók Á. Coupling polyatomic molecules to lossy nanocavities: Lindblad vs Schrödinger description. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:214308. [PMID: 38836455 DOI: 10.1063/5.0205048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/06/2024] Open
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The use of cavities to impact molecular structure and dynamics has become popular. As cavities, in particular plasmonic nanocavities, are lossy and the lifetime of their modes can be very short, their lossy nature must be incorporated into the calculations. The Lindblad master equation is commonly considered an appropriate tool to describe this lossy nature. This approach requires the dynamics of the density operator and is thus substantially more costly than approaches employing the Schrödinger equation for the quantum wave function when several or many nuclear degrees of freedom are involved. In this work, we compare numerically the Lindblad and Schrödinger descriptions discussed in the literature for a molecular example where the cavity is pumped by a laser. The laser and cavity properties are varied over a range of parameters. It is found that the Schrödinger description adequately describes the dynamics of the polaritons and emission signal as long as the laser intensity is moderate and the pump time is not much longer than the lifetime of the cavity mode. Otherwise, it is demonstrated that the Schrödinger description gradually fails. We also show that the failure of the Schrödinger description can often be remedied by renormalizing the wave function at every step of time propagation. The results are discussed and analyzed.
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- Csaba Fábri
- HUN-REN-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group, P.O. Box 32, H-1518 Budapest 112, Hungary
- Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Debrecen, P.O. Box 400, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary
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- HUN-REN-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group, P.O. Box 32, H-1518 Budapest 112, Hungary
- Laboratory of Molecular Structure and Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Information Technology, University of Debrecen, P.O. Box 400, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Debrecen, P.O. Box 400, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary
- ELI-ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics tér 13, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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Umarov O, Csehi A, Badankó P, Halász GJ, Vibók Á. Light-induced photodissociation in the lowest three electronic states of the NaH molecule. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:7211-7223. [PMID: 38349744 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05402k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
Abstract
It has been known that electronic conical intersections in a molecular system can also be created by laser light even in diatomics. The direct consequence of these light-induced degeneracies is the appearance of a strong mixing between the electronic and vibrational motions, which has a strong fingerprint on the ultrafast nuclear dynamics. In the present work, pump and probe numerical simulations are performed with the NaH molecule involving the first three singlet electronic states (X1Σ+(X), A1Σ+(A) and B1Π(B)) and several light-induced degeneracies in the numerical description. To demonstrate the impact of the multiple light-induced non-adiabatic effects together with the molecular rotation on the dynamical properties of the molecule, the dissociation probabilities, kinetic energy release spectra (KER) and the angular distributions of the photofragments were calculated by discussing the role of the permanent dipole moment as well.
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- Otabek Umarov
- Department of Theoretical Physics, Doctoral School of Physics, University of Debrecen, PO Box 400, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary.
- Department of Optics and Spectroscopy, Samarkand State University, University blv. 15, 140104, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, Doctoral School of Physics, University of Debrecen, PO Box 400, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary.
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, Doctoral School of Physics, University of Debrecen, PO Box 400, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary.
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- Department of Information Technology, University of Debrecen, PO Box 400, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, Doctoral School of Physics, University of Debrecen, PO Box 400, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary.
- ELI-ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd, Dugonics tér 13, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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Jing WQ, Sun ZP, Zhao SF, Shu CC. Unveiling Coherent Control of Halomethane Dissociation Induced by a Single Strong Ultraviolet Pulse. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:11305-11312. [PMID: 38064196 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2023]
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We present a theoretical investigation into the coherent control of photodissociation reactions in halomethanes, specifically focusing on CH2BrCl by manipulating the spectral phase of a single femtosecond laser pulse. We examine the photodissociation of CH2BrCl under an ultrashort pulse with a quadratic spectral phase and reveal the sensitivity of both the total dissociation probability and the resulting radical products (Br+CH2Cl and Cl+CH2Br) to chirp rates. To gain insights into the underlying mechanism, we calculate the population distributions of excited vibrational states in the ground electronic state, demonstrating the occurrence of resonance Raman scattering (RRS) in the strong-field limit regime. By utilizing chirped pulses, we show that this RRS phenomenon can be suppressed and even eliminated through quantum destructive interference. This highlights the high sensitivity of photodissociation into Cl+CH2Br to the spectral phase, showcasing a phenomenon that goes beyond the traditional one-photon photodissociation of isolated molecules in the weak-field limit regime. These findings emphasize the importance of coherent control in the exploration and utilization of photodissociation in polyatomic molecules, paving the way for new advancements in chemical physics and femtochemistry.
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- Wen-Quan Jing
- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Physics and Functional Materials of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730070, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Super-Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, School of Physics and Optoelectric Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Physics and Functional Materials of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Super-Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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Structure and dynamics of electronically excited molecular systems. WIRES COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Carrasco S, Rogan J, Valdivia JA, Chang BY, Malinovsky VS, Sola IR. Circularly polarized light-induced potentials and the demise of excited states. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:2966-2973. [PMID: 35043129 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04523g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In the presence of strong electric fields, the excited states of single-electron molecules and molecules with large transient dipoles become unstable because of anti-alignment, the rotation of the molecular axis perpendicular to the field vector, where bond hardening is not possible. We show how to overcome this problem by using circularly polarized electromagnetic fields. Using a full quantum description of the electronic, vibrational, and rotational degrees of freedom, we characterize the excited electronic state dressed by the field and analyze its dependence on the bond length and angle and the stability of its vibro-rotational eigenstates. Although the dynamics is metastable, most of the population remains trapped in this excited state for hundreds of femtoseconds, allowing quantum control. Contrary to what happens with linearly polarized fields, the photodissociation occurs along the initial molecular axis, not perpendicular to it.
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago 7800024, Chile.,Centro Para la Nanociencia y la Nanotecnolgía, CEDENNA, Chile
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago 7800024, Chile.,Centro Para la Nanociencia y la Nanotecnolgía, CEDENNA, Chile
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- School of Chemistry(RIBS), Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Departamento de Química Física, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Fábri C, Halász GJ, Cederbaum LS, Vibók Á. Signatures of light-induced nonadiabaticity in the field-dressed vibronic spectrum of formaldehyde. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:124308. [PMID: 33810660 DOI: 10.1063/5.0045069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Nonadiabatic coupling is absent between the electronic ground X and first excited (singlet) A states of formaldehyde. As laser fields can induce conical intersections between these two electronic states, formaldehyde is particularly suitable for investigating light-induced nonadiabaticity in a polyatomic molecule. The present work reports on the spectrum induced by light-the so-called field-dressed spectrum-probed by a weak laser pulse. A full-dimensional ab initio approach in the framework of Floquet-state representation is applied. The low-energy spectrum, which without the dressing field would correspond to an infrared vibrational spectrum in the X-state, and the high-energy spectrum, which without the dressing field would correspond to the X → A spectrum, are computed and analyzed. The spectra are shown to be highly sensitive to the frequency of the dressing light allowing one to isolate different nonadiabatic phenomena.
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- Csaba Fábri
- Laboratory of Molecular Structure and Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Information Technology, University of Debrecen, P.O. Box 400, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Debrecen, P.O. Box 400, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary
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Fábri C, Lasorne B, Halász GJ, Cederbaum LS, Vibók Á. Quantum light-induced nonadiabatic phenomena in the absorption spectrum of formaldehyde: Full- and reduced-dimensionality studies. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:234302. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0035870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Csaba Fábri
- Laboratory of Molecular Structure and Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter Sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
- MTA-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group, P.O. Box 32, H-1518 Budapest 112, Hungary
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- Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier (ICGM), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, F-34095 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Information Technology, University of Debrecen, P.O. Box 400, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Debrecen, P.O. Box 400, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary
- ELI-ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics tér 13, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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Fábri C, Halász GJ, Cederbaum LS, Vibók Á. Born-Oppenheimer approximation in optical cavities: from success to breakdown. Chem Sci 2020; 12:1251-1258. [PMID: 34163887 PMCID: PMC8179040 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05164k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The coupling of a molecule and a cavity induces nonadiabaticity in the molecule which makes the description of its dynamics complicated. For polyatomic molecules, reduced-dimensional models and the use of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation (BOA) may remedy the situation. It is demonstrated that contrary to expectation, BOA may even fail in a one-dimensional model and is generally expected to fail in two- or more-dimensional models due to the appearance of conical intersections induced by the cavity.
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- Csaba Fábri
- Laboratory of Molecular Structure and Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A H-1117 Budapest Hungary .,MTA-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group P.O. Box 32 H-1518 Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Information Technology, University of Debrecen P.O. Box 400 H-4002 Debrecen Hungary
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- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 229 69120 Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Debrecen PO Box 400 H-4002 Debrecen Hungary .,ELI-ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd Dugonics tér 13 H-6720 Szeged Hungary
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