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Title: Diffractive imaging of coherent nuclear motion in isolated molecules

Abstract

Observing the motion of the nuclear wave packets during a molecular reaction, in both space and time, is crucial for understanding and controlling the outcome of photoinduced chemical reactions. We have imaged the motion of a vibrational wave packet in isolated iodine molecules using ultrafast electron diffraction with relativistic electrons. The time-varying interatomic distance was measured with a precision 0.07 Å and temporal resolution of 230 fs full width at half maximum. As a result, the method is not only sensitive to the position but also the shape of the nuclear wave packet.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [1];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE (United States)
  2. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Potsdam Univ., Potsdam (Germany)
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1331204
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1328470; OSTI ID: 1348858
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-16860
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; TRN: US1601861
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; SC0014170; IIA-1430519
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 117; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Yang, Jie, Guehr, Markus, Shen, Xiaozhe, Li, Renkai, Vecchione, Theodore, Coffee, Ryan, Corbett, Jeff, Fry, Alan, Hartmann, Nick, Hast, Carsten, Hegazy, Kareem, Jobe, Keith, Makasyuk, Igor, Robinson, Joseph, Robinson, Matthew S., Vetter, Sharon, Weathersby, Stephen, Yoneda, Charles, Wang, Xijie, and Centurion, Martin. Diffractive imaging of coherent nuclear motion in isolated molecules. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.153002.
Yang, Jie, Guehr, Markus, Shen, Xiaozhe, Li, Renkai, Vecchione, Theodore, Coffee, Ryan, Corbett, Jeff, Fry, Alan, Hartmann, Nick, Hast, Carsten, Hegazy, Kareem, Jobe, Keith, Makasyuk, Igor, Robinson, Joseph, Robinson, Matthew S., Vetter, Sharon, Weathersby, Stephen, Yoneda, Charles, Wang, Xijie, & Centurion, Martin. Diffractive imaging of coherent nuclear motion in isolated molecules. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.153002
Yang, Jie, Guehr, Markus, Shen, Xiaozhe, Li, Renkai, Vecchione, Theodore, Coffee, Ryan, Corbett, Jeff, Fry, Alan, Hartmann, Nick, Hast, Carsten, Hegazy, Kareem, Jobe, Keith, Makasyuk, Igor, Robinson, Joseph, Robinson, Matthew S., Vetter, Sharon, Weathersby, Stephen, Yoneda, Charles, Wang, Xijie, and Centurion, Martin. 2016. "Diffractive imaging of coherent nuclear motion in isolated molecules". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.153002. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1331204.
@article{osti_1331204,
title = {Diffractive imaging of coherent nuclear motion in isolated molecules},
author = {Yang, Jie and Guehr, Markus and Shen, Xiaozhe and Li, Renkai and Vecchione, Theodore and Coffee, Ryan and Corbett, Jeff and Fry, Alan and Hartmann, Nick and Hast, Carsten and Hegazy, Kareem and Jobe, Keith and Makasyuk, Igor and Robinson, Joseph and Robinson, Matthew S. and Vetter, Sharon and Weathersby, Stephen and Yoneda, Charles and Wang, Xijie and Centurion, Martin},
abstractNote = {Observing the motion of the nuclear wave packets during a molecular reaction, in both space and time, is crucial for understanding and controlling the outcome of photoinduced chemical reactions. We have imaged the motion of a vibrational wave packet in isolated iodine molecules using ultrafast electron diffraction with relativistic electrons. The time-varying interatomic distance was measured with a precision 0.07 Å and temporal resolution of 230 fs full width at half maximum. As a result, the method is not only sensitive to the position but also the shape of the nuclear wave packet.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.153002},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1331204}, journal = {Physical Review Letters},
issn = {0031-9007},
number = 15,
volume = 117,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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