Radiative excitation of the harmonic oscillator with applications to stereomutation in chiral molecules

被引:45
作者
Marquardt, R
Quack, M
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ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK D-ATOMS MOLECULES AND CLUSTERS | 1996年 / 36卷 / 3-4期
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10.1007/BF01426408
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学]; O56 [分子物理学、原子物理学];
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070203 ; 070304 ; 081704 ; 1406 ;
摘要
We present theoretical considerations and quantitative numerical simulations of the coherent radiative excitation of chiral molecules exhibiting a double well potential in the electronic ground state (with stable enantiomers) and a harmonic oscillator potential with achiral minimum geometry in the excited electronic state following a scheme proposed in [33]. The one-dimensional short time dynamics is presented on the femtosecond time scale. We demonstrate the phenomena of quasiexponential, radiationless decay of the survival probability in the excited electronic state by simple harmonic oscillator wave packet motion, as well as coherent periodic chiral stereomutation. The differences and similarities of the excited state harmonic oscillator dynamics with two quite different ground state potentials are discussed. A designed pulse sequence allows for chemically efficient laser controlled stereomutation with high enantiomeric specificity. The results are discussed in relation to Friedrich Hund's early work on stereomutation by tunneling and in relation to our current understanding of chiral molecules including dynamical chirality and anharmonic vibrational dynamics on the femtosecond time scale and the violation of parity and other fundamental symmetries.
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