Sub-femtosecond stark control of molecular photoexcitation with near single-cycle pulses

Electric fields; Molecular dynamics; Quantum chemistry; Carrier-envelope phase; Electronic energy levels; Molecular dipole moment; Molecular photoexcitation; Molecular potential energies; Photoabsorptions; Resonance condition; Single-cycle pulse; Potential energy

Abstract :

[en] Electric fields can tailor molecular potential energy surfaces by interaction with the electronic state-dependent molecular dipole moment. Recent developments in optics have enabled the creation of ultrashort few-cycle optical pulses with precise control of the carrier envelope phase (CEP) that determines the offset of the maxima in the field and the pulse envelope. This opens news ways of controlling ultrafast molecular dynamics by exploiting the CEP. In this work, we show that the photoabsorption efficiency of oriented H 2 CSO (sulfine) can be controlled by tuning the CEP. We further show that this control emanates from a resonance condition related to Stark shifting of the electronic energy levels. © 2019 American Chemical Society.

Research center :

MolSys - Molecular Systems - ULiège

Disciplines :

Chemistry

Author, co-author :

Mignolet, Benoît ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > Laboratoire de chimie physique théorique

Curchod, B. F. E.; Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom

Remacle, Françoise ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > Laboratoire de chimie physique théorique

Martinez, Todd

Language :

English

Title :

Sub-femtosecond stark control of molecular photoexcitation with near single-cycle pulses

Publication date :

2019

Journal title :

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

eISSN :

1948-7185

Publisher :

American Chemical Society

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742-747

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Funders :

F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]

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