Attosecond-resolved photoionization of chiral molecules

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Attosecond-resolved photoionization of chiral molecules
المؤلفون: Beaulieu, Samuel, Comby, Antoine, Clergerie, Alex, Caillat, Jérémie, Descamps, Dominique, Dudovich, Nirit, Fabre, Baptiste, Géneaux, Romain, Légaré, François, Petit, Stéphane, Pons, Bernard, Porat, Gil, Ruchon, Thierry, Taïeb, Richard, Blanchet, Valérie, Mairesse, Yann
المصدر: Science 358, 1288-1294 (2017)
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: Physics (Other)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics - Chemical Physics, Physics - Atomic and Molecular Clusters, Physics - Atomic Physics
الوصف: Chiral light-matter interactions have been investigated for two centuries, leading to the discovery of many chiroptical processes used for discrimination of enantiomers. Whereas most chiroptical effects result from a response of bound electrons, photoionization can produce much stronger chiral signals that manifest as asymmetries in the angular distribution of the photoelectrons along the light propagation axis. Here we implement a self-referenced attosecond photoelectron interferometry to measure the temporal profile of the forward and backward electron wavepackets emitted upon photoionization of camphor by circularly polarized laser pulses. We found a delay between electrons ejected forward and backward, which depends on the ejection angle and reaches 24 attoseconds. The asymmetric temporal shape of electron wavepackets emitted through an autoionizing state further reveals the chiral character of strongly-correlated electronic dynamics.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1126/science.aao5624
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.05010
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2004.05010
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv