Abstract
We theoretically investigated the nonadiabatic couplings between optically induced -electron rotations and molecular vibrations in a chiral aromatic molecule irradiated by a nonhelical, linearly polarized laser pulse. The results of wave packet dynamics simulation show that the vibrational amplitudes strongly depend on the initial rotation direction, clockwise or counterclockwise, which is controlled by the polarization direction of the incident pulse. This suggests that attosecond -electron rotations can be observed by spectroscopic detection of femtosecond molecular vibrations.
- Received 18 September 2009
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.108302
©2010 American Physical Society
Synopsis
Hot currents in benzene
Published 22 March 2010
Simulations reveal how laser-excited persistent currents in ring-shaped aromatic molecules couple to vibrational modes.
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