Unveiling Coherent Control of Halomethane Dissociation Induced by a Single Strong Ultraviolet Pulse.

Autor: Jing WQ; College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Physics and Functional Materials of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730070, China.; Hunan Key Laboratory of Super-Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China., Sun ZP; Institute of Theoretical Physics, School of Physics and Optoelectric Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China., Zhao SF; College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Physics and Functional Materials of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730070, China., Shu CC; Hunan Key Laboratory of Super-Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The journal of physical chemistry letters [J Phys Chem Lett] 2023 Dec 21; Vol. 14 (50), pp. 11305-11312. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 08.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03143
Abstrakt: We present a theoretical investigation into the coherent control of photodissociation reactions in halomethanes, specifically focusing on CH 2 BrCl by manipulating the spectral phase of a single femtosecond laser pulse. We examine the photodissociation of CH 2 BrCl under an ultrashort pulse with a quadratic spectral phase and reveal the sensitivity of both the total dissociation probability and the resulting radical products (Br+CH 2 Cl and Cl+CH 2 Br) to chirp rates. To gain insights into the underlying mechanism, we calculate the population distributions of excited vibrational states in the ground electronic state, demonstrating the occurrence of resonance Raman scattering (RRS) in the strong-field limit regime. By utilizing chirped pulses, we show that this RRS phenomenon can be suppressed and even eliminated through quantum destructive interference. This highlights the high sensitivity of photodissociation into Cl+CH 2 Br to the spectral phase, showcasing a phenomenon that goes beyond the traditional one-photon photodissociation of isolated molecules in the weak-field limit regime. These findings emphasize the importance of coherent control in the exploration and utilization of photodissociation in polyatomic molecules, paving the way for new advancements in chemical physics and femtochemistry.
Databáze: MEDLINE