Laser-Induced Electron Diffraction: Alignment Defects and Symmetry Breaking

Autor: Nguyen-Dang, T. T., Peters, M., Viau-Trudel, J., Couture-Bienvenue, E., Puthumpally-Joseph, R., Charron, E., Atabek, O.
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Molecular Physics 115, 1934 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2017.1317858
Popis: The fringe pattern that allows geometrical and orbital structure information to be extracted from LIED spectra of symmetric molecules is shown to reflect a symmetry conservation principle. We show that under a field polarization which preserves certain symmetry elements of the molecule, the symmetry character of the initial wave function is conserved during its time-evolution. We present a symmetry analysis of a deviation from a perfect alignment by decomposing the field into a major, symmetry-determining part, and a minor, symmetry breaking, part. This decomposition leads to a corresponding factorization of the time-evolution operator. The formalism is applied to the analysis of the robustness of LIED readings and inversions with respect to deviations from a perfect perpendicular and parallel alignment of a symmetric ABA triatomic molecule. The results indicate a particularly strong stability of the type of LIED spectra associated with the perpendicular alignment situation.
Databáze: arXiv