Control of charge migration in molecules by ultrashort laser pulses

Due to electronic many-body effects, the ionization of a molecule can trigger ultrafast electron dynamics appearing as a migration of the created hole charge throughout the system. Here we propose a scheme to control the charge-migration dynamics with a single ultrashort laser pulse. We demonstrate...

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Hauptverfasser: Golubev, Nikolay V. (VerfasserIn) , Kuleff, Alexander I. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 20 May 2015
In: Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Year: 2015, Jahrgang: 91, Heft: 5, Pages: 051401(R)
ISSN:1094-1622
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.91.051401
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.91.051401
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Verfasserangaben:Nikolay V. Golubev and Alexander I. Kuleff
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Zusammenfassung:Due to electronic many-body effects, the ionization of a molecule can trigger ultrafast electron dynamics appearing as a migration of the created hole charge throughout the system. Here we propose a scheme to control the charge-migration dynamics with a single ultrashort laser pulse. We demonstrate by fully ab initio calculations on a molecule containing a chromophore and amine moieties that simple pulses can be used to stop the charge-migration oscillations and localize the charge on the desired site of the system. We argue that this control may be used to predetermine the follow-up nuclear rearrangement and thus the molecular reactivity.
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ISSN:1094-1622
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.91.051401