Theoretical study of molecular electronic and rotational coherences by high-order-harmonic generation

Zhang SB, Baykusheva DR, Kraus PM, Wörner HJ, Rohringer N. 2015. Theoretical study of molecular electronic and rotational coherences by high-order-harmonic generation. Physical Review A. 91(2), 023421.

Download (ext.)

Journal Article | Published | English

Scopus indexed
Author
Zhang, Song Bin; Baykusheva, Denitsa RangelovaISTA; Kraus, Peter M.; Wörner, Hans Jakob; Rohringer, Nina
Abstract
The detection of electron motion and electronic wave-packet dynamics is one of the core goals of attosecond science. Recently, choosing the nitric oxide molecule as an example, we have introduced and demonstrated an experimental approach to measure coupled valence electronic and rotational wave packets using high-order-harmonic-generation (HHG) spectroscopy [Kraus et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 243005 (2013)]. A short outline of the theory to describe the combination of the pump and HHG probe process was published together with an extensive discussion of experimental results [Baykusheva et al., Faraday Discuss. 171, 113 (2014)]. The comparison of theory and experiment showed good agreement on a quantitative level. Here, we present the theory in detail, which is based on a generalized density-matrix approach that describes the pump process and the subsequent probing of the wave packets by a semiclassical quantitative rescattering approach. An in-depth analysis of the different Raman scattering contributions to the creation of the coupled rotational and electronic spin-orbit wave packets is made. We present results for parallel and perpendicular linear polarizations of the pump and probe laser pulses. Furthermore, an analysis of the combined rotational-electronic density matrix in terms of irreducible components is presented that facilitates interpretation of the results.
Publishing Year
Date Published
2015-02-19
Journal Title
Physical Review A
Volume
91
Issue
2
Article Number
023421
ISSN
eISSN
IST-REx-ID

Cite this

Zhang SB, Baykusheva DR, Kraus PM, Wörner HJ, Rohringer N. Theoretical study of molecular electronic and rotational coherences by high-order-harmonic generation. Physical Review A. 2015;91(2). doi:10.1103/physreva.91.023421
Zhang, S. B., Baykusheva, D. R., Kraus, P. M., Wörner, H. J., & Rohringer, N. (2015). Theoretical study of molecular electronic and rotational coherences by high-order-harmonic generation. Physical Review A. American Physical Society. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.91.023421
Zhang, Song Bin, Denitsa Rangelova Baykusheva, Peter M. Kraus, Hans Jakob Wörner, and Nina Rohringer. “Theoretical Study of Molecular Electronic and Rotational Coherences by High-Order-Harmonic Generation.” Physical Review A. American Physical Society, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.91.023421.
S. B. Zhang, D. R. Baykusheva, P. M. Kraus, H. J. Wörner, and N. Rohringer, “Theoretical study of molecular electronic and rotational coherences by high-order-harmonic generation,” Physical Review A, vol. 91, no. 2. American Physical Society, 2015.
Zhang SB, Baykusheva DR, Kraus PM, Wörner HJ, Rohringer N. 2015. Theoretical study of molecular electronic and rotational coherences by high-order-harmonic generation. Physical Review A. 91(2), 023421.
Zhang, Song Bin, et al. “Theoretical Study of Molecular Electronic and Rotational Coherences by High-Order-Harmonic Generation.” Physical Review A, vol. 91, no. 2, 023421, American Physical Society, 2015, doi:10.1103/physreva.91.023421.
All files available under the following license(s):
Copyright Statement:
This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. [...]

Link(s) to Main File(s)
Access Level
OA Open Access

Export

Marked Publications

Open Data ISTA Research Explorer

Sources

arXiv 1504.03933

Search this title in

Google Scholar