Formation of coherent rotational wavepackets in small molecule-helium clusters using impulsive alignment.

Autor: Galinis G; University of Leicester, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK. kvh6@le.ac.uk., Mendoza Luna LG, Watkins MJ, Ellis AM, Minns RS, Mladenović M, Lewerenz M, Chapman RT, Turcu IC, Cacho C, Springate E, Kazak L, Göde S, Irsig R, Skruszewicz S, Tiggesbäumker J, Meiwes-Broer KH, Rouzée A, Underwood JG, Siano M, von Haeften K
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Faraday discussions [Faraday Discuss] 2014; Vol. 171, pp. 195-218. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Aug 04.
DOI: 10.1039/c4fd00099d
Abstrakt: We show that rotational line spectra of molecular clusters with near zero permanent dipole moments can be observed using impulsive alignment. Aligned rotational wavepackets were generated by non-resonant interaction with intense femtosecond laser pump pulses and then probed using Coulomb explosion by a second, time-delayed femtosecond laser pulse. By means of a Fourier transform a rich spectrum of rotational eigenstates was derived. For the smallest cluster, C(2)H(2)-He, we were able to establish essentially all rotational eigenstates up to the dissociation threshold on the basis of theoretical level predictions. The C(2)H(2)-He complex is found to exhibit distinct features of large amplitude motion and very early onset of free internal rotor energy level structure.
Databáze: MEDLINE